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The local woman is a higher-caste mother in the town of Bulashah. Though she is eager to share her food with the holy man who passes by, she berates Bakha for sitting on her steps, telling him he has “polluted” her home and wishing death on him. The local woman’s insistence on physical cleanliness even as she is morally contaminated epitomizes the higher-caste hypocrisy that shapes so much of Bakha’s daily life.
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The Local Woman Character Timeline in Untouchable
The timeline below shows where the character The Local Woman appears in Untouchable. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Pages 43–73
...stopped short in her tracks when she notices that Bakha is on her steps. The local woman starts screaming at Bakha, telling him he has defiled her home. She then gives the...
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At that moment, the local woman ’s son insists that he needs to go to the bathroom. The woman instructs him...
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Pages 73–105
...so down. Bakha explains what happened with the touched man and the Pundit and the local woman . Chota swears to help Bakha get revenge on the Pundit, while Ram Charan just...
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