Yesterday evening, M. and I watched "Ghatashraddha" (1977) at the Kinodvor cinema in Ljubljana - an old BW arthouse Indian film by Girish Kasaravalli that beautifully captures the fundamental moral, ethical, cultural, and political dilemmas that are to some extent still painfully present in today's Indian society.

#india #cinema #casteism #socialjustice

Caste is far more visible in villages than in cities. Every time I go back to my village, I can't help but see how, within just a 15-kilometer stretch, there are separate areas where people live according to their caste. It's sad to see such division in a place that should be united.

#casteism #jaibheem #india

Dhadak 2 Review: Siddhant Chaturvedi Shines, Film Misses Casteism's Full Depth

"Dhadak 2" tries to do just that. This new film takes its cues from the Tamil hit "Pariyerum Perumal," a movie that really dug into

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आपदा में जातिवाद: हिमाचल में राशन वितरण पर उठे सवाल, वायरल वीडियो ने खोली पोल

Himachal News: हिमाचल प्रदेश में प्राकृतिक आपदा ने भारी तबाही मचाई है। मंडी का सराज क्षेत्र सबसे ज्यादा प्रभावित है। लोग मदद की गुहार लगा रहे हैं। सरकार, प्रशासन और सामाजिक संगठन राहत कार्यों में जुटे हैं। लाखों रुपये की सहायता और राशन, बिस्तर, बर्तन जैसी जरूरी चीजें भेजी गई हैं। लेकिन एक वायरल वीडियो ने आपदा में जातिवाद के गंभीर आरोप लगाए हैं। क्या राहत सही लोगों तक पहुंच रही है?

वायरल वीडियो में चौंकाने वाला दावा

एक महिला का वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो रहा है। वह कहती है कि आपदा के नौवें दिन राशन मिला। उपप्रधान राशन लेकर आया, लेकिन उसे अपनी जाति के लोगों में बांट दिया। महिला और उसके समुदाय को कुछ नहीं मिला। इस वीडियो ने आपदा में जातिवाद के आरोपों को हवा दी है। लोग प्रशासन की कार्यप्रणाली पर सवाल उठा रहे हैं। यह वीडियो चर्चा का केंद्र बना हुआ है।

प्रशासन की लापरवाही उजागर

महिला ने बताया कि उसका गांव आपदाग्रस्त सूची में शामिल नहीं था। मुख्यमंत्री सुखविंदर सिंह सुखु के दौरे के बाद उपायुक्त मंडी ने गांव का दौरा किया। तब जाकर गांव को आपदाग्रस्त घोषित किया गया। इस देरी ने प्रशासन की तैयारियों पर सवाल खड़े किए हैं। प्रभावित लोग कहते हैं कि आपदा में जातिवाद और लापरवाही के कारण जरूरतमंदों तक राहत नहीं पहुंच रही है।

https://twitter.com/RightNewsIND/status/1943530277894053927?t=NVjiUm-VRwbFg4BlN56x3A&s=19

राहत कार्यों में चुनौतियां

सरकार ने राहत कार्यों के लिए कई कदम उठाए हैं। मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रभावित परिवारों के लिए 5,000 रुपये मासिक किराए की सहायता घोषित की है। एनडीआरएफ और एसडीआरएफ टीमें मंडी में बचाव कार्यों में जुटी हैं। लेकिन क्षतिग्रस्त सड़कों और बुनियादी ढांचे ने राहत कार्यों को जटिल बना दिया है। आपदा में जातिवाद जैसे मुद्दों ने राहत वितरण की पारदर्शिता पर सवाल उठाए हैं।

सामाजिक एकता की परीक्षा

वायरल वीडियो ने प्रशासन के साथ-साथ सामाजिक एकता पर भी सवाल खड़े किए हैं। आपदा में जातिवाद के आरोप गंभीर हैं। सोशल मीडिया पर लोग सरकार से निष्पक्ष राहत वितरण की मांग कर रहे हैं। प्रभावित लोग चाहते हैं कि हर जरूरतमंद तक मदद पहुंचे। यह मामला न केवल प्रशासन, बल्कि समाज की संवेदनशीलता को भी कटघरे में खड़ा कर रहा है।

#casteism #disasterRelief

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@boardslayer Real #casteism , when meritorious competition becomes casteism.
And undeserving ones dropout because of peer pressure , that becomes sensation.
#reservation isn't the solution.
BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, IF IT WORKED THEN ANY PHASEOUT PLAN,
IF IT DIDN'T, WHY CONTINUE IT, DEBATE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW.
HONESTLY, IT IS #GREED AND VOTE BANK POLITICS stalling social development.
Reservation needs a total reform at the very list. #truth

I have been wanting to make something commentary about #casteism and #racism in #India. But for now, I will post some interesting clips and interviews with regular people on the topic.

I Time Travelled To This 18th Century Village in Bihar | Bharat Ek Khoj Ep18 | Unfiltered by Samdish
https://youtube.com/watch?v=j6wDNhobSIU

I Time Travelled To This 18th Century Village in Bihar | Bharat Ek Khoj Ep18 | Unfiltered by Samdish

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“Land isn’t just soil—it’s identity, history, and belonging. But what happens when caste determines who owns, who belongs, and who is displaced?

In this episode of Caste Conversation, youth share their lived experiences of connection and belongingness with their ancestral land, the impact of urbanization on Indigenous identity and the ongoing struggles for land rights while reflecting on the intersection of caste, land, and belonging. Beyond personal experiences, this episode also explores land policies, questioning whether they truly protect marginalized and Dalit communities or reinforce existing inequalities. Join us for this thought-provoking discussion on how caste continues to shape our relationship with land, identity, and belonging.”

Nepali with English subtitles.

#AnnihilateCaste #Casteism #Nepal

https://youtu.be/ouNUv_bplcs?feature=shared

CASTE CONVERSATION| Caste, Land and Belonging | EP 3

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I feel like the casteist male cause for my biological existence has taken secret recordings of me, some of which may contain particularly spicy things, and is currently marketing these to whoever he can, including the police, so that he can rid himself of his unwanted dark-skin offspring.

#TheTraumaOfCaste #ParentalAbuse #Narcissism #Casteism #MentalHealth

It would be great to get the opportunity to share how this individual has neglected me since I was young, traumatized me severely while I was a child and allowed me to be traumatized outside of the house, has kept me disconnected and distanced from all of the household's finances, …

… has not taken seriously any opportunities for addressing the toxic, hostile, and dysfunctional conditions of the household he is responsible for including through family counseling, has failed at every aspect of fatherhood completely and thoroughly, …

has said “I don't care about law, this is my house!” when pressed on other secret recordings that he has threatened me with during family counseling, …

… when faced with the fact that I simply have not ceased breathing in spite of his decades of cruelty, neglect, and abuse chose to force me onto ODSP (without me touching the ODSP form) and has attempted to turn me into his slave that he conveniently has the Ontario government support financially, …

… has stolen and hidden my passport as well a several letters from a company that I had applied for to get loans that would allow me to pay off emergency dental fees while providing a flimsy excuse of “oh a bunch of papers and things fell around and I simply picked up the pile and hid them”, …

(my passport was within a small closed cardboard box within a zippered compartment of a backpack that was itself zipped closed. it is absolutely impossible for it to have simply fell out and landed in a messy pile. it was deliberately taken after a search of my backpacks. …

… he tried to lowkey accuse the people who were renovating his shitty house's shitty basement to rent out to people that he can treat as his rapist-pedophile sociopathic narcissist supply), …

Indians may leave India, India may leave Indians but Caste System will never leave India or Indians. This is what the MAGA H1B row teaches us. The casteist Indian Republicans speak in code words. "We want talented immigrants" is code word for "We want our upper caste engineer folks but not those lower caste labour and refugee folks." Siding with racist MAGA folks to cleverly bring a government that will risk the lives of assylum seekers but will happily allow rich elites was a master stroke. Is it backfiring? Who knows?

#USPol #USA #India #H1B #Racism #Casteism

Anatomy of a "Chapri": Exploring the Decontextualization of Casteist Slurs on Social Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGvpM0BWktg

Invidious mirror: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DGvpM0BWktg

#Casteism #Caste

Anatomy of a "Chapri": Exploring the Decontextualization of Casteist Slurs on Social Media

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