Community Correspondents

Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is a Dalit activist and Community Correspondent from Haryana, a state infamous for violence inflicted upon the lower castes. His first video, ‘Caste Violence in Haryana’, exposes the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual devastation wrought by members of the upper caste Jat community upon the lower caste Dalits and the internal police corruption which allows it to happen. Personal, provocative and proactive, Amit’s IndiaUnheard videos continue to shape a new platform from which he, and victims of violence, discrimination and caste slavery, can find justice.

Videos from Amit

India’s Untouched Temple!

 
/ November 3, 2010

Ramayana characters are worshipped in India while temples dedicated to the author of the epic is treated ‘untouchable’.

A Mirror To Valmiki Community

 
/ October 14, 2010

In this video the correspondent profiles his own community – the Valmikis, perhaps the most oppressed community in India.

Haryana TempleClosed to Dalits

 
/ September 2, 2010

In Haryana, people of Dalit communities, including the correspondent of this video are forbidden to enter temples.

New Homes forHaryana’s Poor

 
/ August 11, 2010

200 Dalit families of Ludwa – the village of our correspondent Amit Kumar in Haryana – are set to get a new house under Indira Awaas Yojana.

Teacher CanesDalit Student

 
/ July 29, 2010

Atrocities on Dalit communities is one of the ugly realities of India that refuses to decrease.

Toxic Fumes Blanket Village

 
/ July 16, 2010

Toxins from a Ladwa rice mill pose serious health risks to the local Valmiki Nagar community.

Girl and father burned alive by the upper caste

 
/ May 5, 2010

 20 dalit houses were burnt by people belonging to the upper caste in Mirjpur village of Harayana. A disabled girl and her father also lost their lives in this attack. The reason for the attack was that the upper caste Jat community did not want the Dalits(lower caste) to get...