GANDHI AND OUTCASTS.
SUCCESS OF CAMPAIGN. fn spite of strong opposition from orthodox Hindus, Gandhi’s campaign on behalf of Hindu outcasts is meeting with a success which may he described as representing a revolution in the social outlook (says a Calcutta message). Reports from all parts of tho country state that schools, courts, and wells hitherto denied to the “untouchables,” arc being opened indiscriminately. The rulers of four Indian States, including Kashmir and Baroda, have pledged themselves to a removal of the social disabilities which for centuries pressed hard on the unfortunate “untouchables.” Even in Traveneore. which has always been a stronghold of Hindu caste orthdoxy, an inquiry lias been started to test public feeling on the subject. These facts suggest that the movement is real and not merely lip-service to placate Gandhi, who is continuing his social propaganda from prison with tho consent of the Government of India.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 14, 14 December 1932, Page 2
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