![]() ![]() When he reached the railway station with his aunt he was very hungry and his mouth watered The effect of poverty on the psyche of a Dalit child is brought in the light by the description of the way Damu felt when he reached Mumbai for the first time. it results in their dependency on the higher castes for their bread and butter hence makes them subservient to the higher caste people. They are allowed to perform only the unproductive tasks like guarding dead cattle working as messengers and labourers etc. This plight of the Dalits is the result of the denial of productive employment opportunities to them. This description is a severe attack on the caste system which denies equal opportunities to the Dalits which results in such poverty that humans had to fight for their survival like animals and vultures. It was not only the fight among the people the animals and vultures also waited for the treat. People lived in so much poverty that they used to fight for the flesh. For them the news of some cattle being dead used to be the most longed for news. ![]()
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