Tag: Lower caste

Impact: Video Brings Justice to Caste Atrocity Survivors

 
/ February 20, 2014

As India celebrated its 66th Independence Day, the Dalits of Dandva Baddi Village were under attack from the upper caste people. Community Correspondent Amarjeet had reported the case from Rohtas District, Bihar, in his very first video. The skirmish left 54 injured and one dead. Many lost all their belongings...

Caste based skirmish leaves 1 dead and 54 injured

 
/ September 30, 2013

On 15th August we asked you, what independence meant to you. This video is a telling account of the level of independence many have in India 69 years after India gained Independence. Labels like Caste, gender and religion still guide people’s lives, curb their freedom, and impinge on their rights....

The Forgotten Murder of Ludhiana

 
/ November 18, 2011

In Punjab, a sweeper is killed in broad day light while wife awaits compensation

Untouchability Fades Away Slowly

 
/ June 20, 2011

In Dilwara, Rajasthan, Dalits are being treated in a more humane way by the ‘upper castes’

Learning Together, Eating Separately

 
/ May 10, 2011

In Gairsen, Uttarakhand, embedded caste practices prevent children from sitting together at their midday meal.

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.