Tag: Dalit (Ethnicity)

I Refuse to be Silenced

 
/ February 14, 2014

The names in this video have been changed to protect identities. A marriage proposal came for her. She met the family, liked them.They liked her. When the boy’s family demanded a dowry, her parents refused. And then started the torment. Community Correspondent Chanda Bharti from Uttar Pradesh reports. She refused...

The Job that Made Him Untouchable | Article 17

 
/ January 7, 2014

A man is treated like an untouchable because he earns a living by disposing carcasses of dead animals. About the Partnership: The Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme and Video Volunteers have come together to create the Community Correspondents Network. The videos generated by the network will be able to...

The neglected Dalit community of Rajasmand, Rajasthan

 
/ December 12, 2013

Confined to a corner of the village, the Dalit community of Delwara, Rajasthan have been living in miserable conditions for as long as they can remember. While the rest of the village now has roads and electricity, this community has neither, Community Correspondent Shambhuraj Tanwar reports. The Dalit community in...