Oct 22- Sadashiv alias Shambhu Kale, his wife and three minor children were literally ostracised from Poraskaden village in Pernem taluka.Wonder what their fault was? Despite being Brahmins, they had given their blessings to a Dalit couple at their wedding.Entire village was against him. He was thrown out of the temple and later forced to leave the village.Shattered by the incident, his wife committed suicide

Passing through the interior of Tuem village in Pernem taluka, one cannot miss a tiny house within a cluster of houses, which explicitly manifests the scourge of untouchability that still persists here.Living in this pocket, Kale's family speaks the tale of how untouchability still shamefully prevails in rural Goa.
Kale, who was eking out a living by performing puja at Shree Mauli Devasthan, had to abandon his house in Poraskaden and run for a cover.