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 \nhe will hide your good,its terrible distance frame.  \nThe insult you endure shall be the same.  \nTen thousand years since the burden of scorn began.Sill you ignore the god that is God-in-Man.Can't you look down,seewhere in the dust He  \ncame down-and the god of Untouchables became?The insult you endure must be the same  \nYou can't see the messenger of death standing outside.You can't see his curse etched in the nation's self-pride.  \nIf you still won't callfrom the heart to all,  \nbut all apart,knot yourself to your pride's name-in death's ash then endure with all the same.  \n-Rabindranath Tagore  \nTranslated byJoe Winter,1999  \n# Declaration\n\nThe publishers assert that the usage of the word 'Bhangi'in thetext is in the original sense-as part of a sociallanguage used toidentify a community.The word is categorically not being usedto hurt the sensibilities of any person or community.Thisdeclaration is intended as a caveat,to prevent any possiblemisinterpretation of our deliberate use of the word.  \nThe purpose of this book is to highlight a problem that exists inour society and cannot be wished away.The word 'Bhangi'isbeing used with humility,respect,and total empathy for thecommunity.Any other substitute would,in fact,be a distortionof the reality.  \nWhich is why throughout this book,the word 'Bhangi'has beenused to focus on the community,as well as the issue,deliberately,so as not to dilute the latter.  \nThe trouble with definitions is that the more socially acceptableand politically correct the phrasing,the more euphemistic it gets,subtly changing both context and connotation.Utimately evenerasing the original terms of reference and,with it,the problem.  \nThe word Bhangi'is derived from bhanga'or broken,implyingacommunity whose character is bro","cbCaibKGnWJwxyyo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibKGnWJwxyyo","pdf",7254197,142,"English","# Endless Filth\n## Declaration\n## Foreword","[{\"question\":\"Why does the book use the word “Bhangi” throughout?\",\"answer\":\"The publishers state it is used in the original sense to identify a community and to focus on the issue rather than to hurt anyone’s sensibilities. 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