As we sip our morning tea in comforts of our home, tea workers in this tea estate of North Bengal are struggling to survive, eating dried leaves as their meal because their only source of income, the tea estates, owned by Duncans Industries Ltd have shut down since last year...
Who knew tying a turban can be a way to reinforce caste identity in a society! In Delwara village of Rajasthan, different communities tie their turbans differently as a sign to indicate which caste they belong to. This different turban style helps people decide their interactions towards people belonging to...
Under the Self Governance Scheme, the government made arrangements for clean drinking water at Warola village. But that scheme did not reach the dalit hamlet which is home to 250 families. Only the dalit community was deprived of their right to clean drinking water. ‘We have no water through out...
Ramavati Devi and her family have been victims of caste violence for a long time. She along with her family in Bihar is being harassed by those belonging to the upper caste. Their house was burned by these people; they have time and again abused, threatened and beaten up members...
This video was made by a Video Volunteers Community Correspondent. Community Correspondents come from marginalised communities in India and produce videos on unreported stories. These stories are ’news by those who live it.’ they give the hyperlocal context to global human rights and development challenges. See more such videos at...
Nearly 4000 people are not just struggling to make a living but also face entitlement rights violations due to the absence of caste certificates in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra.They are fighting for housing rights under the Indira Awas Yojana, subdiz ed ration and employment. There are also many cases of...
“People belonging to the Yadav community threaten to evict us from our lands”, says Kamala Devi, a member of one of the 50 Dalit families residing in Dhakwal Bigha village. These people have not received their documents regarding ownership of the land they have been living on for the last...
