When Bama acquainted her elder brother with that 'funny episode' about an elderly man from low caste carrying a food packet by a string without touching it, those comic details could not make him laugh. Annan guided her properly. He explained to her the soical stigma of untouchability. He told her that they were the victim of social prejudice and that in order to gain respect in society, she must be highly educated and study hard. Bama was highly inspired by the words of her elder brother.
Bama fought against untouchability by out classing the achievements of the higher class, thus, proving that she is no less than the higher classes. Filled with anger and revolt, she said, 'We too are Human Beings; our people should never do these humiliating things for them. She fought against this oppression, prejudice, stigma, superstition and ignorance. She studied hard and earned a name for herself. She used writing as a tool in her struggle against the discrimination that constraints and binds the free flow of the spirit.