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1 " It was a pleasure to watch them eating jalebis, always entreating the other to eat some more—the beauty of love that had mellowed in the evening of life. "
― Narendra Jadhav , Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
2 " Caste system is the most brilliantly administered scam in history. "
3 " We, the women, who rule thatif you make a scholar out of your wife, you will need another wife to do the daily chores. "
4 " There is no better place or time to be philosophical than when you are airborne. Suspended between heaven and earth, introspection becomes inevitable. The plane may be traveling at supersonic speed but the mind travels faster than light—seemingly without a sense of direction, but almost always with a definite purpose. "
5 " For the millionth time I asked myself why they couldn’t judge me on where I stood. Why did they always have to judge me on where I came from. "
6 " I stood knocking at the doorsteps of heaven as I died… “Who are you…?” I was asked. “My entire existence on earth could not tell me who I was… And that is what I have come to ask you… "
7 " It is an unfortunate truth of our society that whatever heights a man might scale, his caste is never cast off; it remains an inseparable part of his identity. His caste always remains a cause for scorn or contempt. Only the type of humiliation changes. "
8 " The story of the ugly duckling and its scornful brethren holds special significance for the Dalits. I wonder how many swans waste their lives thinking of themselves as ugly ducklings, trapped and punished by the inequities of our caste system. "
9 " We, the women, who rule the houseBut ours is not to question why…Ours is but to do and die andHusband never to defy. "
