The Question and Answer section for Untouchable is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I'm not sure he is the ideal son. His position as an untouchable has resulted in high levels of self-deprecation and depression. Bakha can be judgmental and at times helps perpetuate the very system that keeps him oppressed. Paradoxically, he...
Tuesday... this is revealed on pg. 72 of the text.
Bakha, son of Lakha? Bakha is an 18-year-old Indian youth, who works as a sweeper and is the protagonist of Untouchable. Strong and able-bodied, he is fascinated by the life and ways of India’s English colonizers. His position as an untouchable...
