There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back. The following has been quoted by Eddie Bernice Johnson. Indian society has consisted of thousands of endogamous clans and groups called JATIS. The caste system in India is a social hierarchy distinguishing India’s social structure. It is divided under four main categories and is traditionally arranged in hierarchical order and fit into one of the four basic Varna’s which means colour in English. The Varna of Brahmans commonly identified with priests and the learned class. The Varna of Kshatriyas, associated with rulers and warriors including property owners. The Varna of Vaishyas, associated with commercial livelihoods (i.e. traders) and the Varna of Shudras, the servile labourers. The Brahmins were considered to be the most pristine and most desired of all the classes. “The Brahmin was his mouth, his two arms were made the Rajanya [Kshatriya, king and warrior], his two thighs [loins] the Vaishyas, from his feet the Sudra [servile class] was born.” quoted in Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth century to the modern Age by Susan Bayly. Traditionally it was believed that the Brahmins emerged from Brahma’s mouth, Kshatriyas emerged from Brahma’s arms, Vaishyas emerged from Brahma’s thighs and the Shudras emerged from Brahma’s feet. India has a population of 1.1 billion people – one sixth of the planet’s human population. Of these, some 23% fall prey to the caste system that shapes India today. The outcasts are designated as ‘schedule castes’ and ‘scheduled tribes’. They are relegated to the rank of those who should not be touched. They are the lowest of the low; the bottom of the pile. As a resultant, the Dalits are among the poorest and the most oppressed groups in the world. Dalits have been subjected to discrimination for thousands of years and needless to say the discrimination prevails till date. It is not just caste system that prevails in India. It is also gender discrimination which has its roots down the Indian history. I will be discussing about the early grounds of discrimination through Bhimayana. Bhimayana (2011) is a graphic account of Ambedkar’s crusade to eradicate untouchability. Bhim being the protagonist encounters the harsh reality of his being an untouchable in this unruly world. Bhimayana talks about the story of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. It is a graphic novel which talks about the experiences of untouchability faced by the Dalits. Bhimayana reflects the ugliest and the cruellest features of Indian society, the Hindu caste system. If taken into account there are over 170 million people in the most oppressed caste or Dalits, referred to as ‘untouchables’, in India today. On an average, everyday two Dalits are killed, three Dalit women are raped, two Dalit houses are burned dow