Rethinking untouchability

Without religious and cultural reforms, education, emigration and generational change can't end casteism.

There’s a widespread assumption that at least three changes will abolish caste-based untouchability: education, emigration and generation (EEG). My understanding from research and personal experience, both in Nepal and abroad, is quite the opposite. Neither education, international migration nor change of generation is an antidote to casteism. They bring about certain changes and reduce the severity of everyday discrimination, but they do not terminate caste discrimination.