In the novel Untouchable, we see a world where a caste system is in play and people are segregated into different types of classes.  The novel takes place in an Indian society and is in British rule, it talks about how the British culture interacts with a young "untouchable" man. The main character Bakha the young untouchable man seems to question the Indian society for the caste system that he is in. he is often called such mean and hurtful names which i would rather not mention. He see the British as an icon, he is astonished on how the British culture works.

              The novel highlights the issues of  racial formation by showing Bakhas experience of that. He is often always dealing with the stereotypical Indian people, for he is an untouchable the society sees him as inferior and undesirable. It is important to know that Indian society enforced this paradigm of "caste system" to each and every one. wither British, Hindu or Muslim the ideology of the caste system explains how people act and how they are. The caste system acts a lot like racial formation for it too creates racial categories from a white hierarchy to the bottom an untouchable where Bakha is. For a young untouchable man he too is hungry of power, he is in the lowest class but yet he tries make him self look like the British. based on Bakha point of view he is actually experiencing false consciousness he, should live his own life being a Hindu rather than wanting to be British. he is astonished on how the British culture is, Bakha wants to be like the dominant white that shows how he is hunger of power. His ideology of powers comes from the image of a white man. He sees the white man as an icon but yet the white man are the ones who enforced this idea of racial categories. But also it is important to know that because of how society acts around Bakha, emotions are the ones that make him see the white man as an ideal person. Because in society he is treated harshly, he is blinded by his emotions and that's what makes him desire the white man's life style.