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Article: Indian rights advocate says low caste still ill-treated.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2002
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Byline: Esther Wu
CARROLLTON, Texas _ Though the Hindu caste system was formally abolished in India more than 50 years ago, human rights advocates estimate that one of every four of the country's 1.1 billion citizens is still labeled "untouchable" _ a status that critics say denies most social and economic rights as well as dignity.
Education and religion are the keys to their freedom, according to an Indian human rights advocate traveling the United States this month.
Kancha Ilaiah, a political science professor at Osamania University in India, is helping to spread the word about the plight of the lowest group in the Hindu system. He was in ...