In Haryana, people of Dalit communities, including the correspondent of this video are forbidden to enter temples. In Barot village of Ludwa, Haryana, Dalits like Amit are not allowed to enter the village temples. The temples allow only the villagers who belong to upper castes to worship though most of the villagers are of Dalit community. Amit talks to several other youths like himself in his community who share the pain and indignity that they face every day.

The Constituion of India ensures equal rights to all citizens. These include the right to ‘opt, embrace and practice any religion”.

However, in Barot village of Ludwa, the Dalits have always been denied this right. They have been treated as ‘dirty’ and asked by both the upper caste and the temple priest to keep away from the temple.

Amit says that though the older generation has accepted this denial of rights as a fate, youths in his community are angry and bitter to be treated as untouchables and being barred from having simple joys such as worshipping in a temple.

Though such discrimination violates the basic human rights and causes a lot of indignity to Dalits, no effort has been made to end this till now. In fact the govt only acts when the prejudice sparks violence and a Dalit family is physically attacked by the upper caste.

Amit who has been reporting on this discrimination since he joined IndiaUnheard, did this video to share with the viewers the humiliation that he experiences every day as a Dalit youth and wants them to condemn this, so that people like him can live with dignity.