![]() Article 1 of the Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the U.N.O. United Nations has consistently raised awareness on every kind of human right violation. ![]() Since 2001, with the United Nations World Conference against Racism held in Durban, South Africa the caste- based discrimination and untouchability had become an extremely sensitizing issue for the world. Untouchability a “hidden apartheid” remains an extremely sensitive issue within country which never fully defines, never fully explored and thus, never fully understood. The practice of untouchability and caste discrimination remains a stark contrast to the idea of India. dalits are still fighting for their equal rights. The biggest paradox of the world’s largest democracy is that a particular section of society i.e. ![]() The practice of untouchability has marginalised, terrorized and relegated a sector of Indian society to a life larked by the violence, humiliation and indignity. The discrimination is so inhumane that it made the Dalits to believe that they are responsible for their own exclusion and suffering, internalizing the beliefs that they perpetuate the practice untouchability. ![]() Untouchability, an ancient form of discrimination based upon caste, is a complex and pervasive problem within India, although its practice is not limited to India alone. ![]()
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