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Everything about Untouchability

Discriminatory practices against certain social groups

Untouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. Untouchability also refers to the condition of belonging to such groups, members of whom are historically called untouchables, outcastes, or archaically pariahs. Although comparable forms of discrimination are found all over the world, untouchability involving the caste system is largely unique to South Asia. Wikipedia →

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  3. Pick up a classic book: Untouchable [by] Mulk Raj AnandThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Touching the Untouchable: Exploring Multi-Sensory Augmented Reality in the Context of Online RetailingCited 244 times
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📖 Definitions

Adjective Not able to be touched.

Adjective Not able to be defeated or bested.

Noun A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.

Noun Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.

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  3. Government action in India
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