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58 of God, because their life and work was one of service, love and sacrifice. He asked the Hindus to treat them as equals and to open their temples to them. They must all try to be good Indians and not feel that any one of them was superior or inferior.

Kasturbai also shared this prejudice against the scavengers. She came from an orthodox Hindu family and had been brought up to believe that these people were lower than she. Gandhiji tried hard to make Kasturbai overcome her prejudice and sometimes he