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28 October 2010updated 04 Oct 2023 10:42am

Being untouchable no longer

Increasingly powerful voices in India are calling for a true end to discrimination based on caste.

By David Griffiths

When President Obama visits India next month, it is quite certain that he will pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, perceived around the world as one of history’s most celebrated symbols of liberation, and a source of inspiration for the US president himself.

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