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. 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 Harijan couple at their wedding.