Bama's brother, Annan, advised her to fight against the prejudice. Once when Bama saw an elderly person holding the packet of food with its string without touching its content, she narrated the incident to her brother who told her that the person she saw, belonged to their community which doesn't get respect or honour. He asked Bama to study hard in order to prosper in life and shed all indignities as that was how the lower caste community earn the honour and respect that it deserved.