NO UNTOUCHABLES DIET AND HEALTH

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 11

NO UNTOUCHABLES DIET AND HEALTH

OLD CASTES GOING, i i CHANGES IN INDIA. ! i i ''LIVE LIKE ENGLISH PEOPLE" ! • I

"I was t">!(! the c>l<>i:r l av wandd In .crv iio'ieeable in Australia." iYio/i Killin. 15. A.. 1.1.1!.. ): i,•.;•!„ f of 11;, I'i.-itillL.' Indian li-M-kfV f:t." -aid il ;i r nterview with tin Sydic-y • 'i , rra ph."' '•( In t!!,■ p,i|i -.try. I !'i. ! i loesn't exi-t. 1 ib.'ft ii.ini: v:r Cliow the me.i iiing of tt: II \ : r\ ivhere we haw 1 : >i--t :i <o] t r i.-, Ulinan living-. I'Y.i- n. ~ e in and. "Of course. there are j> who ..ii« 0 lis and a-k: 'Hi! yr><> ik. Kn-.-li-i: A e ha t hem in India, ton. "I will till von a »t.-rv. i a"i an o'V; •ia 1 of the Hi nil! -a y ( n-1 • ne-. Or.. ,; , \ in American lady ram -t ■ ■■ and 11 that <luc -1 inn. 1 -•> id : 'Ma.!;' in A'liat a sill v i|iii'-; i,m I Y. n nniM ! n.. [ speak )•" 11L' 1i- ll to in | i • Where Are {'„•> Tyyis? '•Then she expla i n.-.l to n ,■ I hai ■ V iad read \ii-Mr.o's 'M-.'i i.rr I;:.!,a. ind wanted in know if i >„• v w. :,• : (lid in I la' sl:e--t- . t' !.n: i-a \ It's just like 'he ('em!.' v. h i ime.e lien :o your Au-iraii.i till.:' to s"e !>»«ii •alters and ka ii'j'.iri >• >< lee pine a!""-^ '"I tell yon 11■:11 hmea n n.ilir'e i - 1 1 • ame the world o\er. dark and tV:\ am :hat > oil ( "Uld tind in I!. ei■'! . a! • -.d ike 'Mother India' in any cinnlrr. !'>•; .'.xamp'ie. much !ia< 'utii n ide .•* e'rd. marriaues in India, l.nt did we in.! reai 1 little while a.jo of a girl of l'J !i: ■ • i•_ married in America, .\li-s Mn\a."s i,m .■mint ry "Yes, we have la rue families. Hut wa ire gelling wiser. Sl.es ly. Leeau-e bio! •oiitrid is against ti : • ia-'im-t and snti mcnt of the ]ieo]ile. (if ruiir-e, we nnrr\ I'iiliii.u'. Often at in. W'e-ti i ners an istonished at tliis. lail 1 ,-e.v. 'Vi'liv Hot We reach maturity \.- ry early Venn-* if the climate, Onr iathn.- take tla v iew that it is heller f a- -.ass t<i man \ voting and settle down instead of to g< philandering aw ay. Honourable. Or— "It is like the old story hook in whir! the old father says to the'young ma: who is visiting lies daughter: 'Viiun. man, are your intentions honourable. <> otherwise?' and when he says "Yes,' tla father says 'Go ahead.' "I am an exception. I did not marn young. because my father 1„ diesad t!>a L shiluld inn marry until I i-mild 1. my wife. We are vei v s» ri •< in •j.• -1 mat tins, and \ery je.il.-n- ..i our w-nn folk. '•My family roes haik to Iwh i they eame from ti: ■ • lentil v.. i pin vinces. Kalm, there. i.- a tin in nddrc-— like Sir. Thi'V were a \erv f,i:- p.npi • hut, in the conr.-e of liio e';::;ii,i> jia\< become daik. "My wife's family c,ies back to tie tenth century. Today, she is as fai as you are. The C'i\ it .Service of Inda is a tradition in our family. My fat he was a judge* My yrandiathcr help", defend the gates of JJombay during tie Indian Mutiny. "Ah. you would be surprised at tin India ot t. -day. In 1' • \eaiv- ilea .-1 •a i ■ are great. We live like KjiglUh people we dress like them, and we eat iiki them. No Untouchables. "The oil castes are roiiiir. There an no u 1!, 11 .i 11 ehal j1 e s to-day. Th. re n-n were, leaily. That w.i- a p<iiitj,\i| irru used to st i'j ma tie the work in-.; .!■ It did not ill.am that they could le.i i, touched or dealt v. i: ii. 'i'n-day we ha\i only the depressed classes. ".Sports have done more than anythii:; else to disjiel the old pre jmliees. In spin there is lio demarcation of ela.-s or ereei or caste. Take our own team. It c m prises two Christians, one Sikh. tw< Hindus and the of us are Mnham medans. "Anyone who watches us must admi that our teamwork is perfect."