Have you ever met a Dalit in India? What are their living conditions?

To borrow the word "miserable", worst of all, they are invisible. It's miserable, but nobody cares. Dalits are so-called unclean beings excluded from the four castes. In a religious sense, they are not even people. The people of Park Jung Su are also called untouchables, or Gandhi also called them sons of God, which means that they are also people of God. But obviously most people don't think so. Dalits are unclean, and Indians even feel dirty at the sight of them. In this country full of hunger, disease and poverty, death is a rare word. Dalits are just the bottom of this chain. I know untouchables can be butchers because they are extremely unclean. Moreover, untouchables raise pigs and eat pork, which seems to kill cattle. Pork and beef are unpalatable in India, because they are taboo for Muslims and Hindus respectively. I have never seen the killing with my own eyes. Naipaul mentioned it in India, and I believe my Catholic Indian friends also mentioned it to me. This doesn't seem to be specific. When I was a volunteer, I went to a small village full of Buddhists. It should be pointed out that there are almost no followers of Buddhism in India, and there are many Da Park Jung Su people among these few believers, because they think that they can get rid of their status as Da Park Jung Su people if they get rid of Hinduism. You can search for details, Ambedkar and the new Buddhist movement. To put it bluntly, it is a completely closed village, and few outsiders are willing to go there to die. There are many untouchables in the slums of big cities, and their living conditions are as miserable as India, or even worse. However, after all, it is a modern country, and such open discrimination is unacceptable. Therefore, Indian schools and public service departments have reserved places for Da Park Jung Su people. However, just for this reserved quota, India's high caste class has been making trouble and protesting against the government. As @ Li Miao mentioned, the concept of untouchable has been diluted a lot. Although it is still serious. One of the important reasons is the accumulation of wealth. And made a fortune in Park Jung Su, such as the famous da Park Jung Su minister. But the poor and weak are still untouchables. In Dostoevsky's words, poverty is not terrible, but extreme poverty is terrible. Nothing, not even identity, not even existence.