Tag: Untouchability
Polluting touch: Rotis thrown from a distance
An “upper caste” household pays a sweeper women for her services by standing at a distance and flinging food like charity into the folds of her sari. Community Correspondent, Sunita Kasera shows how the woman belonging to Bhangi(Dalit) community is not allowed into the compounds of houses and are given...
The Dalit Massacre of Paramakudi
Tamil Nadu Police uses teargas, lathi and guns on unarmed dalit protesters.
Untouchability Fades Away Slowly
In Dilwara, Rajasthan, Dalits are being treated in a more humane way by the ‘upper castes’
Ambedkar Statue Put Behind Bars
Dalits feel insulted after an Ambedkar statue had to be protected with grills in Chennai.