A man had been invited by the Indian government to dedicate a statue at Benares Hindu University. He eventually gave up and left because high caste students flung sandals and insults at him. He was an untouchable. After he left, students purified the area with water from the River Ganges. Caste is perhaps the most important and difficult issue to grapple with in missions to India today.
Caste can be a daunting problem for mission agencies in India.
India is a collage of different social groups. And then there are those underneath - the untouchables. Their presence is often not tolerated and they are despised in society. But caste is only one of the dividing factors in Indian society. Race is also a factor.