Abhishek

“We, the women, who rule thatif you make a scholar out of your wife, you will need another wife to do the daily chores.”
― Narendra Jadhav, Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India

“The story of the ugly duckling and its scornful brethren holds special significance for the Dalits. I wonder how many swans waste their lives thinking of themselves as ugly ducklings, trapped and punished by the inequities of our caste system.”
― Narendra Jadhav, Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India

“I stood knocking at the doorsteps of heaven as I died… “Who are you…?” I was asked. “My entire existence on earth could not tell me who I was… And that is what I have come to ask you…”
― Narendra Jadhav, Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India

“It is an unfortunate truth of our society that whatever heights a man might scale, his caste is never cast off; it remains an inseparable part of his identity. His caste always remains a cause for scorn or contempt. Only the type of humiliation changes.”
― Narendra Jadhav, Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India