Life As One Of India's 'Untouchables'

An Indian Dalit woman teaches her son how to view a slide viewer as they sit at a protest near the Indian parliament in New Delhi in 2013.

Sujatha Gidla joins us to discuss her book, Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India. She tells the story of how generations of her family have lived as untouchables within India's caste system, and how that system continues to influence Indian society today. 

Jonathan Capehart guest hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."