Arun ShourieBefore we get to explanations, consider some examples. To begin with, they seem unconnected. But only, "to begin with".No one in the twentieth century has done as much to rid us of untouchability than Gandhiji. He attached more importance to ridding Hinduism of this accretion than to attaining Swaraj. He brought upon himself the hostility of orthodox opinion in western India, in the