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How did the scene she saw in the marketplace change Bama’s life? |
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Answer» The narrator stood at threshing floor near her house. Just then, an elder of her street came along from the market. He was carrying a small packet. It contained vadai or green banana bhajji in it. He was holding out the packet by its string, without touching it. The manner in which he was walking made her double up and shriek with laughter. The narrator’s elder brother told her that the man was not being funny. He belonged to a ‘low’ caste. The people of his community couldn’t touch the food packet. Therefore, he was holding it out by its string. Had he touched it, the landlord would never accept such a thing. She felt terribly sad. She felt so provoked and angry that she wanted to touch those wretched vadais herself. She felt humiliated and hurt. |
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