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Answer the following question in 120-150 words:
Untouchability is not only a crime, it is inhuman too. Why and how did Bama decide to fight against it?
Solution
Bama first encountered untouchability when she saw an elder of her caste walking along the street from the direction of the bazaar. Initially the vision made her to laugh but then she saw the elder walk up straight to the landlord, bowing low and extending the packet towards him, cupping the hand that held the string with his other hand. Bama's brother Annan explained her the whole incident in detail. He explained that since they were born into the community of the marginalised, they were never given any honour,dignity or respect. They had all been stripped of the basic rights of any person. But if they studied and made progress then they could shake off all these indignities. So he advised his sister to study with care and learn all she could. If she was always ahead in her lessons then people would come to her of their own accord and attach themselves to her. These words that Annan had spoken to Bama made a very deep impression on her and spurred her to study hard with all her breath and being. She stood first in her class and many of the children from upper caste became her friend. In this way, she rebelled against the injustice of untouchability
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