"Discarded chicken scraps bought from a restaurant barely make a meal for Untouchables in Bihar, one of India's poorest states. These villagers belong to the Musahar, or rat-eaters, caste, its members known for hunting rodents. Musahar women, many of whom work as field hands, have begun to agitate for better living conditions. This takes courage, says a local activist. 'If an Untouchable woman demands or questions something and a landlord doesn't like it, he will beat or sexually harass her.'"

From "India's Untouchables," June 2003, National Geographic magazine

比哈尔是印度最贫穷的的地区,这里最低阶层的人们把从餐馆买回的废弃鸡肉当作食物.这些村民属于穆沙尔部族,他们这个阶层以捕吃老鼠而闻名.然而对于一直从事农作的穆沙尔妇女,她们如今正努力争取着更好的生活条件.当地的一个活跃分子谈论到:"这是需要极大勇气的,一旦一个最低阶层的妇女因要求或质疑什么而热怒了地主,她将会遭到鞭打甚至是性侵犯."

摘自2003年6月<国家地理杂志> "印度最低阶层的人们"一文