Actor Rajesh Hamal has informed via social networking site Facebook that for the first time he feels ashamed to call himself a proud Nepali.

He wrote this status when he came to new that a man from a lower class was not allowed to touch the well to drink water and was exploited by the upper class people in Siraha, Dhangadi. He is still residing in Dhangadi for a while. He posted, “Today I feel ashamed to call myself a proud Nepali”. He was ashamed to see untouchability is still prevalent in our society. Rajesh Hamal went to attend a program conducted by BBC Sajha Sawal.