India's Untouchables | Episode 1 | India's Hidden Slavery: The Persecuted Poor and Their Story
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- India’s Forgotten Children exposes widespread trafficking, persecution, and oppression among the children and young people of India’s 300 million strong Dalit community. Meticulously researched, this documentary portrays the everyday lives of these forgotten children of India, whose painful predicament rarely reaches the headlines. Filmed in village communities around the centers of Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Hyderabad, and with the help of Dalit children interviewed in their daily life situations, the charting of these disturbing stories is vividly portrayed. With expert analysis from Indian commentators and human rights advocates, the film also reveals how a small but steady light of hope is emerging.
These three documentary films expose the systematic oppression of the Dalit people while offering practical solutions for healing and change.
Director: Michael Lawson
Starring: Kumar Swamy, Ela Banerjee, Dr. Joseph D'Souza, Dr. John Dayal, V P Singh, Geetanjali Guptara, Dr. Kancha Ilaiah - Розваги
The only way the Dalits can escape the Hindu caste system is for them to do what their leader, the late Dr. Babasahib Ambedkar, did almost 70 years ago; renounce Hinduism and convert to another religion.
Hmmmmm.
The thing with hinduism, is that it is an ancient culture, that has a spiritual component, that you can take or leave. Hindu is a geographical term (much like being french or english) that has been wrongly conflated with being solely a religion, due to the prevalence of viewing everything through an abrahamic lens.
Its not necessary to convert out of hinduism, because it is perfectly possible to disregard the nonsense about untouchability, which is an ancient social ill, that can and should be rooted out in modern times, much like all the many other ancient social ills in cultures all over the world that have been and are being rooted out in the modern age.
For example, you dont need to convert out of christinaity to escape slavery, or convert out of being english to escape the class system, because slavery and class system doesnt define christianity or england, but is simply one of many social evils that took hold within these religions and cultures, and thankfully have been rightfully banned.
Thankfully, unlike the abrahamic religions, there are no fixed belief systems in hinduism, because it is primarily a spiritual culture of self exploration of the divine on your own terms. But unfortunately througout history, there have been many wicked people who have distorted and created wicked beleifs within every culture and religion in order to exploit and discriminate against the vulnerable and poor.
Later, many invaders, such as the british entrenched and codified the caste system within indian society, in order to divide and rule, and after independance, even though caste was banned in the consititution, the quota and reservation system of positive discrimination, had the perverse effect of keeping this abbhorrent sstem alive and kicking, well into the 21st century.
Many hindus throughout history have attempted to destroy caste for centuries because it goes against the concept of dharma and the fundamental belief in the divinity and equality of all beings, but they have been thwarted by bad actors within the ruling class during colonial times and post indpendance, because it enables them to keep people divided, by pandering to vote bank politics.
If it had not been for the political exploitation and entrenchment and codification of the caste system for nefarious political rulers, then caste is something that would have eventually disappeared by the modern times, much like the work houses and child labour and chimney sweeps, and slavery in other cultures.
Hinduism is not opposed to change and reform. It is a spiritual culture that has no hard and fast rules that is codified in one book that is supposed to be sacrosanct and unchangeable. It has many books, which are seen as works of wisdom of sages and gurus, some of which may be good and others not so.
It is a pluralistic system, which fundamentally allows for the exploration of competing beliefs, in a marketplace of ideas, where beliefs and ideas can be tested and discarded if bad, and kept if good.
Unlike abrahamic religions, with their rigid and totalitarian belief in one book, hinduism, like every culture in the world, has the ability to change and has reform in built into it, and it can and will change as poverty is tackled and education is increased, so will ignorance and prejudice fall away, just like in every society in modern times, when we know better, we do better. Hindu society and culture will also achieve the same if given a chance and certain bad actors who are hell bent on amplifiying and profiting off social evils, are exposed for what they are and take to task.
@@edres7563 First off your analogies are faulty in some areas. Hinduism is a religion while being English is an ethnic term. You don't "convert" from one ethnicity to another because our ethnicity is coded in our DNA. Second of all, I don't understand what you mean when you say that you don't need to leave Christianity to escape slavery. I don't know what you've heard but Christianity does not believe in slavery and slavery is not part of Christian doctrine. And in any event, slavery was abolished hundreds of years ago but untouchability still exists. I disagree that you don't need to convert to another faith to escape untouchability because many devout, upper-caste Hindus believe in the caste system devoutly and discriminate against the Dalits. Yes, Hinduism is a belief system that believes that all men are created unequal. It has no hard and fast rules codified in one book? What is the Book of Manu then? It is not a fluid religion like you think it is. There is no unward mobility regarding caste identity. You are the caste you were allegedly born into and you can't change that.
Lord Jesus Almighty please send people to help every single one of them! In Jesus name Amen❤
Why doesn't the documentary indicate how you can help? I would like to help the families and orphans
You can help donate , the , Lower Caste Media , Lower Caste Politicians , Lower caste students , And promote Lower Caste students Studies in Better Universities of U.S. and Europe. 👍
When I was about twelve years old, I remember attending a sumptuous wedding banquet with my family; it was given by some fabulously wealthy Indian friends of my parents at a ridiculously fancy hotel; from the main subject of the adult conversation at dinner, it immediately became quite clear to me (something of an inspired epiphany) that if you want to be rich - really, REALLY RICH - you gotta kill people...there’s just no other way around it...much to everyone’s dismay, I naively expressed this singularly illuminating sentiment right there and then at the banqueting table for one and all to hear; I’m now past fifty, and I’ve never been invited to rich people’s parties since...
I don’t think pipe city is there anymore. I read an article from 2012 that said it was all demolished except one pipe. I haven’t found anything more about “pipe city” online.This is horrible! Something needs to be done here.
Islam does not believe in colour, race, caste or language or even territory. It is universal for all time past, present and future.
THIS IS HORRIFYING THAT THEY DO THIS CRAP TO PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF RELIGION!!! PEOPLE ARE SICK IN THE HEAD!!! YOU ARE NOT BORN TO CLEAN OTHER PEOPLES SHIT UP YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE IN LIFE!! ALL THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR TELLING PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE THEY TOUCHED YOU THAT THEY POLLUTED YOU OMG THATS NUTS!!!
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!! THEY ARE BLIND TO THE TRUTH, AND THE BIBLE SAYS: WHEN THE BLIND LEADS THE BLIND, THEY SHALL BOTH FALL INTO THE DITCH!!!
This slavery should not be described as worse than African slavery. It is very similar. Abraham Lincoln was not for the Blacks but for the Union. I understand your good intentions with this information but it is also important not to share incorrect information about another’s oppression. Notwithstanding this it was very interesting. The take away is the oppressed need to stop oppressing the oppressed and unit with all those oppressed. Divided we fall.
You're right. It's impractical to compare the two in a form of "oppresion Olympics."I think the point lies in its longevity. No one should argue the cruelty of American Chattel Slavery. However, its practice spanned hundreds of years, while the caste system has lasted thousands. 15-20million Africans were stolen, and 200million Dalits exist today.
But India outlawed the Caste system decades ago and crows about its modern, egalitarian democracy to the rest of the world via such news services as Wion. Traditional hierarchies like this don't disappear unless a violent revolution like the French one occurs. The Rich simply benefit too much from the status quo.
After watching this l would urge a through bred Dalit, to contact me by email. May peace, health and liberation be your Divine right.🙏
The period being referred to is 3500BP to 1900BP. The arrival of Steppe pastorolist on the Indian sub continent.
The shame of our species is truly cosmic.
Humanity and beauty shine forth in the faces of the enslaved, as naught but ugliness paints the hard masks of the taskmasters.
It is not a problem of religion. Rather, a delusion of immortality.
The devil, you know, created the miracle of compound interest.
It's fascinating that this is ignored, while so many middle class American & Britons still wring their hands over the transatlantic slave trade that ended 200 years ago.
They still mistreat blacks really bad in the USA. Some things never change no matter how much time passes
Britain got all its wealth through slavery... that's a fact. So, you sort of have no moral high ground over anybody...
I'll give you 1 slice of bread a day and I'll see how good your morality remains...
It is because the remnants of the slave trade, ie systemic racism, still exist today.
Very unfortunate that these kind of videos raise only few tens of views and on the other hand masala stories raising few lakh views.... Even more unfortunate thing is people from upper class completely ignore these facts that doesn't occur in today's walks of life in India. Youth in urban areas don't even believe such things happen and completely engrossed and carried away by social media stunts and vote bank politics motivating young Indians towards Hindutva and stuff which is so dividing in nature
Hindutva is sort of a binding factor than dividing. Don't speak on things you don't know 💩 about... Showing selective visual and spreading propaganda over other nations is the only thing through which western masses find validation of their past atrocities...
How do you abolish caste instead of keeping it alive?
Dalits don't fall under any caste. And caste is a western propagandist term. Not Indian. In India, there's varna system, which indicate people based on their profession. And these sort of discrimination will be abolished through economic reform of the nation.
It's a well known philosophy that money is the factor that promotes inequality (excluding West. It's in their blood)
@@NAME-sl2msVarna literally means colour. It’s an ancient system based on racism and colourism
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj varna means difference, types, not solely colour... it's not a noun...
In the scriptures, Its meant to differentiate and distinct people based on the particular role they play into a society... they are teachers, kings and soldiers, traders and workers...
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj in hindi, when we have to differentiate between two things, we say 'varnan karo' which means 'what are the differences between these two?'
Caste has been abolished and is illegal but people hand this horrid mentality down from generation to generation and that’s why it is kept alive today. It”s the same as racism. No one is born hating anyone, this is a taught behaviour. We are all from gods creation, from gods art, beautiful and special in gods eyes.
Where is Kamala Harris on this issue? Is she ignoring it?
You think THAT’S slavery?! - try being a PhD student in archaeology...
The Indus valley civilization 2600bc to 1900bc lived in over 2000 urbanized cities with my running drinking water and efficient drainage system. The well laid symmetrical streets and well designed residential complexes are evidence of a highly advanced Civilization . The city was planned for future population.
The governance of the Indus Valley Civilization is still not understood but it is clear that it was a highly efficient and very competent authority The IVC came to an end in 1900 bc It is evident that the IVC evacuated and migrated from the Valley to the south, eventually mixing with native hunter gatherers to become the ASI.
There is no record of 500 years after Harappan civilization ended and vedic era started. I wonder how did you get your source? However vedic civilization didn't know grains like wheat but grains are found in IVC godowns.
Hon'ble our leaders plz established dalit media T V channel
India was home to the Indus Valley Civilization (2600bc to 1900bc), with 5 million inhabitants living in 2000 cities spread over 1000 kms of the Indus river system . The IVC was an indigenous urban civilization highly developed and sophisticated with with widespread international trade association and extensive trade in a variety of useful and exotic goods. The IVC was a wealthy and flourishing culture of its time.
Don't they have sewers in India? Install sewers built bu lower caste people being paid a living wage and people would not have to carry " night soil "around. Also build water treatment plants where the lower caste people could be employed. There must be many opportunities for modern. clean, pollution free industries to employ the lowere castes. Recycling plants erc.
Dirty jobs in muncipality are reserved for dalits and mahadalits. There few castes are cleaning human excretion is their job eg Bhangi and Valmiki castes. Some are so lowly that they can't enter villages and fields even of untouchables. They are Mahadalits forced to hunt rodents like Tribals. This is like pandora box
Yes...Jesus...but it’s gotta be GREEK Jesus.
It nice to see white people explaining about slavery in india...
At least someone is
@@92_09 no thanks.....in the name of documentary and social work you people christian missionaries are only doing your propaganda and...... don't forget these white people justified their atrocities on Indians during British occupation by saying we are making these people civilized and developed. And looted 45 trillion dollars Indian treasures from us
@@92_09thank you!
रूस अपनी शक्तिशाली सेना और टैंकों का उपयोग करके भारत में दलित जाति "अछूत" प्रणाली को मुक्त करेगा.. और इस जाति आबादी के लिए रोजगार पैदा करेगा...
Russia will free the Dalit caste "untouchables" system in India using their mighty army and tanks.. and create jobs for this cast population...
Indian need Jesus to be free from such a strong bondage.
Lol... just like black slavery where people were auctioned like animals... And homosexuality was demonized and people were killed just for being born different... And burning of Witches over some mundane ground...
Indian discrimination is different. People have lost their root due to multiple ethnic cleansing. Time is changing and real history is emerging and Abrahamic propaganda are getting abolished...
We don’t need Jesus. You guys have destroyed so many cultures and religions to spread across the world. Abrahamic religions have been a curse on humanity. So keep Jesus. Shame on you for even suggesting it. Caste system is a social problem not a religion problem. There are those who discriminates are not following the Hindu teachings. Anyone who knows two words Atman and Brahman blows away anything about caste. People who are trying to oppress people follow caste to stay in power. You also can’t tell a persons caste by looking at them. So how do you discriminate against anyone? Think about it. Politicians have kept the caste alive for staying in power buts not practiced like what these people are saying. The guy said caste is worse than racism. How do you tell a persons caste by looking at them? Makes no sense. There is Christian Dalits there is Muslim Dalits there Sikh jats etc
that sounds simple. the leaders in the country must reject their gods to accept Jesus. this only seems simple.
And if not Jesus will burn me eternal fire....... isn't it also discrimination
Worked wonders for a lot of African countries…..
Xtians believe & follow messiah Jesus who died 2000 years ago..
Muslims believe & follow prophet Mo who died 1500 years ago.
Hindus believe in Self-realization & follow Self-consciousness..who is alive
You forgot to mention that Jesus Christ also rose again from the dead. No one else in history has done that before or ever since.
Self realiization and self consciousness ...alive but eventually die when the person dies.
But The faith in JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE FOREVER..
@@shooterdownunder days of made-up-miracles is OVER.. game over for crooked churches
@@agnellamichelle421 jesus died 2000 like every Billions of every other living beings..
@@YenkammaNe yes, down with crooked churches and up with the true church of Jesus Christ