Untouchable
Bakha as ideal brother and worthy son
Untouchable novel
Untouchable 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 still questions the status quo and challenges a caste system that is supposedly “set in stone.”