Write up of the group 4 presentation

1) Scenes in the Moment

● Mahars couldn’t collaborate with

upper caste people
● Discrimination in lunchtime
● Bias in schools
● Unprivileged - servants

As the story progresses the sufferings that the author and his friends came
across, during a picnic. Being marked as Mahars (an oppressed caste) they
couldn't join the higher caste students in their games. This sort of
discrimination didn't end up in their games alone, but during their lunchtime,
they were forced to sit under another tree. The incident that humiliated them,
even more, is when they didn't have good food to eat. Even when the
high-caste girls offered him their food, he was ashamed of what he had and
felt sorry for eating it. The teacher asked the high-caste students to collect
leftovers and give them to the Mahars. They were wolfish and stuffed
themselves without thinking about those victims of famine in their homes.

To which Limbale refers, The Dalit Panther began life as a political freedom
movement, taking their cue from the Black Panther movement amongst
American civil rights activists.
The unjust suffering of Limbale and his kind (the Maratha people)he
describes is mixed with moments of righteous anger and universal
reflections on life and the human condition.
Limbal explains the pathetic conditions of his community through their
hearty appetite.

2) Their effect on the reader and the overall story

This makes the readers think of the problems that people have faced in
those days. There is a great impact on the reader’s mind over the
circumstances they have now as compared to that of then. They could be
able to differentiate between the lives of then and now. They feel pleased to
live in this democratic society. They will be aware of the Dalit movements,
Dalit society, their sufferings, about their slavery. thereby the readers can
narrate the struggles and pains of society. This would benefit the readers
who are Dalits now to make better plans and get better off in the future.