Community Correspondents
Videos from Amarjeet
Impact: Video Brings Justice to Caste Atrocity Survivors
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...
Transformer burnt: Now electricity bills burning the resident of Rohtas, Bihar
The residents of an entire village were forced to take out a rally to the District Magistrate’s Office, holding their dyfunct electricity meter boards. This is the story of how that incident came to be. The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was a scheme launched by Government of India...
Impact: Justice for victims of caste based murder
On the 13th of August, District Collector of Rohtas district ordered that no one would be allowed to hoist a flag or do any sort of activity on the temple land that Independence Day. But that didn’t matter… As India celebrated its 66th Independence Day, the Dalits of Dandva Baddi...
Dalit Elderly: Cheated, Discriminated Against
More than 3000 elderly citizens from 144 villages in Rohtas District have not received any pension under the Government of India’s Social Security Scheme, which entitles the elderly to a meagre monthly amount to support themselves. Most of these men and women are unable to work anymore or are dependent...
Caste Based Violence on Independence Day
“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 65 years after India gained Independence. Labels like Caste, gender and religion still guide people’s lives, curb their freedom, and impinge on their rights....