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| George (a businessman who has undertaken numerous humanitarian projects in South India), India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty assesses how economic liberalization measures have left much of rural India behind, particularly those belonging to the lowest caste, called " Members of the lowest caste were forced to behead, crucify and incinerate over 200,000 criminals so that the hinin would become the object of the people's disgust--while the shogunate ruled without fear of insurrection. Gandhi declared that untouchability should be abolished and the non-caste, apparently renamed dalit, became the lowest caste. |
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