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Gjorgje Mladenovski
lice rooted in the social and religious life of India for more than.
In this paper, the ongoing changes regarding the position
of Έχ'-untouehables as a consequence of both social currentes and
3000* years.
the proposive actions of pxaimers are considered,
Our endeavour was to throw light on several aspects of this
problem. First, an attempt was made to illuminate the very term
,,Scheduled Castes" its origin and constitutional import.
The Role of Ghandi and Ambedkar was considered with res
pect to their attitudes toward this great problem of India's soci
ety. ЫатеГу, despite their common concern for eradication of
untouchability, they differ as to programs of abolition of this
social evil o f Hindu society,
Ghandi's program primarily insisted on the change of the
heart of Caste Hindus but this change of the heart did not go
far enough or deep enough. Ambedkar's program intended to in
tegrate the untouchables into Indian society in modern not tra
ditional ways and on as a high level as possible.
The ways the Goverment deals with the problems confron
ting ,,Scheduled Castes" i.e. different legislative, administrative
and executive measures undertaken to elevate the lot of the mam-
bers of these Castes were also a part of our interest. In the end,
an appraisal of the changing attitudes of Caste Hindus toward
untouchables and the economic status of the untouchables them
selves is given.
Though their social position is changing, yet as far as rural
areas are consented traditional attitudes toward untouchables
have been modified very litle. This is due to the pervasivnes of
the idea of pollution in Indian society.