| During a recent visit, I found liberals and intellectuals, jet-setters and slum dwellers, men and women, Brahmins and untouchables expressing this Hindu pride. |
| Traditionally there are four castes in the Hindu religion, the fifth section of society being the untouchables, so lowly they are considered outside the caste system. |
| The Indian untouchables, for example, made strong efforts to bring up their own plight in the NGO forum on racism. |
| His views were endorsed by broad sections of society including peasants, artisans, and untouchables. |
| Worse still: in Nepal I visited girls who are confined to live in animal sheds when they have their period, and treated as untouchables. |
| With the exception of the Brahmans and the untouchables the middle level was extremely heterogeneous and often unidentifiable within the four-fold varna. |
