Untouchable

               In the novel Untouchable, the character named Bakha fails to realize that colonization is promoting racial formation by depicting the British in a positive ideological view. In other words, the fact that Bakha is depicting the British life in a positive way helps form racial formation by idealizing them. Throughout the novel, Bakha is depicted as a character who embraces British customs such as clothing or types of sports. This not only shows colonization but shows how Bakha feels it is a paradigm to be a well respected British men. Although Bakha tries to colonize you can still see how the British government still accepts caste systems which means no matter how much Bakha tries to be valued more he will always be considered one of the lowest caste systems. An example of colonization is when Bakha is described as wearing clothes of British men instead of the traditional clothing worn in India. Bakha also enjoys sports such as hockey which is an English sport. Bakha seems to portray British as a paradigm in which people strive to obtain a leisurely life such as the British men. This promotion of the British fails to show how this same government suppress people like Bakha by endorsing the caste system by being included in the legal system. As Gandhi said, "The British Government sought to pursue a policy of divide and rule"(Untouchable 145). What Gandhi means is that the British government knows in order to rule over India they need to make sure India is divided by a major conflict which would be the caste system. Gandhi continues to describe and tries to question the motives of the British. I agree with Gandhi many British colonizers especially are mostly in India for profit. The British Colonizers realize the idea of divide and rule helps obtain power and is profitable for them. The policy of divide and rule is something used by many Governments in order to suppress a society. This same form of policy was used in Africa and was shown in a movie called Hotel Rwanda.  The Germans and Belgians used divide and rule by separating Tutsi and Hutu. They put the minority Tutsi in a higher position of power. This shows how colonialism many times helps racial formation be accepted and can provide a more lenient foundation in where divide and rule can be applied.