Difference between revisions of "Untouchables"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | Traditionally an Untouchable is a person outside the four castes of Indian society and considered below them. Included are leather-workers, scavengers, street handicrafters, poor farmers and laborers. | + | Traditionally an Untouchable is a person outside the four castes of Indian society and considered below them. Included are leather-workers, scavengers, street handicrafters, poor farmers, beggars and laborers. |
| − | In the BKWSU the word is applied to all non- | + | In the [[BKWSU]] the word is applied to all [[non-BK]]s depsite of their worldly status, the lowest of the low being considered ex-Brahma Kumaris that have left or denouced the organisation. |
| − | It has a negative meaning. | + | It has a very negative meaning. |
Latest revision as of 23:49, 1 June 2006
Traditionally an Untouchable is a person outside the four castes of Indian society and considered below them. Included are leather-workers, scavengers, street handicrafters, poor farmers, beggars and laborers.
In the BKWSU the word is applied to all non-BKs depsite of their worldly status, the lowest of the low being considered ex-Brahma Kumaris that have left or denouced the organisation.
It has a very negative meaning.