“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.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“We, the women, who rule thatif you make a scholar out of your wife, you will need another wife to do the daily chores.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“Caste system is the most brilliantly administered scam in history.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“the rule of thumb’ referred historically to the maximum width of the stick with which a man could beat his wife without breaking the law.”
― I Do What I Do
― I Do What I Do
“There is no better place or time to be philosophical than when you are airborne. Suspended between heaven and earth, introspection becomes inevitable. The plane may be traveling at supersonic speed but the mind travels faster than light—seemingly without a sense of direction, but almost always with a definite purpose.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
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