who lived Apu's life of deprivation in the city and the village, unlike Mulk Raj Anand, who saw at first hand what the humiliations of an untouchable encompassed, they are at a remove from their subjects. And I do mean subjects.
So, as the economists put it, it is a necessary but not a sufficient condition. In places where the situation is actually changing, symbols have been accompanied by other initiatives. One example comes from a pilot project in six districts of Jaipur and Jodhpur to galvanise gram panchayats. R...