Question

Answer in about 40 words: When did Bama feel humiliated?
(From 'Memories of Childhood' — 'We Too Are Human Beings' by Bama)

Hint:

The incident with the elder carrying the vadai packet by its string is the key moment of realisation.

Answer 1

Final Answer:
Her deep sense of humiliation came from realising that untouchability governed even small everyday acts — seeing an elder forced to carry food without touching it directly for an upper-caste man made her recognise, for the first time, the indignity her community was made to endure.