Untouchable-revelry and submission

In Untouchable we see various occasions in which Bakha would try to rebel his lower class status by performing activities that were limited to the Hindus. In pg. 60 we see that Bakha’s curiosity led him to the temple in order to see the deited that he was deprived of seeing because of his social status. Although Bakha knew that this was wrong he went on the steps of the church and was looking into the temple taking in the sounds, which moved him and inspired him. However this glory was promptly taken away from him when he heard the words “Polluted, polluted, polluted” (pg. 60) the people soon rushed at him and screamed demeaning him and treating him worse than an animal because he attempted to go into the church. His revelry was soon overtaken by submission and he was once again defined to the lowest rung of society.