UNITED STATES, May 20, 2003: The June issue of National Geographic carries an article on India’s “untouchables.” The on-line home page has drawn criticism for linking the subject of untouchables back to Hinduism as the underlying cause that mandates caste injustice. It is not known whether the article mentions that caste discrimination is perpetrated in India by Christians and Muslims as well as Hindus, or if coverage is given to any of the positive initiatives that have been taken to combat this social problem at multiple levels. However, as one Hindu pointed out, as long as Hindu society fails to stop the practice, it will be open to rightly deserved criticism.
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