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Why Dalit?

Plot: Why do some people consider others "untouchable"? Why do upper caste people sprinkle water to purify themselves when touched by a Dalit? This documentary film explores the caste system in Nepal as it is experienced by lower castes - the Dalit - and upper caste people. Through the words of Dalit, yhe film reveals many of the paradoxes in the upper caste based discrimination, like: why are the shoes made by the Sarki lower caste people allowed into the house when the person who made the shoes cannot enter? The Dalit are not one homogenous group of people, but a common denominator for a variety of lower caste people living in Nepal
Release Date: Saturday, October 4 2003
21 years ago
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