Two autobiographical extracts on early experiences of injustice. Part 1 (Zitkala-Sa, Native American) recounts her first day at a boarding school where her long hair — a sign of dignity in her culture — is forcibly cut. Part 2 (Bama, Tamil Dalit) describes how she first observed untouchability — an elderly Dalit man carrying a packet of vada by the strings, never touching it, for an upper-caste landlord — and her brother's explanation that began her life of rebellion through education.