[ALOCHONA] Powerful Documentary on Caste - "INDIA UNTOUCHED: Stories of a People Apart"

INDIA UNTOUCHED

It's a film with a difference. "India Untouched: Stories of a People Apart'' is a documentary that journeys across eight States and four religions and depicts the continued exclusion and segregation of those considered "untouchables'' in India.

 

Speaking about his film in the Capital on Thursday, Director Stalin K. said: "India Untouched will make it impossible for anyone in India to deny that untouchability is still practised today. My team and I spent four years travelling the length and breadth of the country to bear witness to the continued exclusion and segregation of those considered as untouchables.''

 

The film introduces leading Banaras scholars who interpret Hindu scriptures to mean that Dalits "have no right'' to education, and Rajput farmers who proudly proclaim that the police must seek their permission before pursuing cases of atrocities against Dalits.

 

"The film captures many `firsts-on-film', including Dalits being forced to dismount from their cycles and remove their shoes when in the upper caste part of the village. It exposes the continuation of caste practices and untouchability in Sikhism, Christianity and Islam, among the Communists in Kerala, and within some of India's most revered academic and professional institutions,'' said Stalin.

 

The documentary film has inputs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Telugu, English, Punjabi, Malayalam and Gujarati with English sub-titles.

 

Stalin K. is a human rights activist and award-winning documentary filmmaker. This documentary is his second film on the issue of caste. -- Bindu Shajan Perappadan

India Untouched Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_UnVZT0-0k

 

India Untouched Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-xzZ0-Ex8E

 

India Untouched Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKTxr30h8CE

 

India Untouched Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyWQab8fkoE

 

India Untouched Part 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_90TdBfZEU

 

India Untouched Part 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zrqRztACg

 

India Untouched Part 7 (Caste in Sikhism)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DrDVEL7YE

 

India Untouched Part 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWZkH0v0cJ8

 

India Untouched Part 9 (Caste in Christianity & Islam)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL27PaS62EI

 

India Untouched Part 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OLv6i4DK_k

 

India Untouched Part 11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxk43a_jjV4

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