India Untouched: Stories of a People Apart, Feature Documentary by Stalin K. Part 4 of 4

Stalin K.’s award-winning feature-length documentary is perhaps the most comprehensive look at untouchability ever undertaken on film. The powerful stories and shocking visuals in this film makes it impossible for anyone to deny that Untouchability is still practiced in India today. Director Stalin K. and his team spent four years traveling the length and breadth of India to bear witness to the continued exclusion and segregation of those considered as 'Untouchables' .
The film introduces leading Benares 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 on Dalits. The film captures many 'firsts-on-film, ' such as 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, amongst the Communists in Kerala and within some of India's most revered academic and professional institutions.
In an age where the media projects only one image of a 'rising' or 'poised' India, this film reminds us how far the country is from being an equal society. Traveling through eight states and four religions, this film is perhaps the deepest exploration of caste oppression ever undertaken on film.
Stalin K is a human rights activist and award-winning documentary filmmaker and the director of Video Volunteers, the Co-Founder of DRISHTI- Media, Arts and Human Rights and the President of the Community Radio Forum-India. He is a renowned public speaker and has lectured or taught at over 50 institutions ranging from the National Institute of Design and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, to New York University and Stanford and Berkeley in the US.
INDIA UNTOUCHED is Stalin's second film on the issue of caste -- his earlier film 'Lesser Humans', on manual scavenging, won the Silver Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival and the Excellence Award at Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, and helped to bring international attention to the issue of caste. He also leads the Article 17 Anti-Untouchability campaign in Video Volunteers through which Community Correspondents are documenting hundreds of instances of untouchability and caste conflict, some of which have formed the basis for a Public Interest Litigation in the Indian Supreme Court, filed with the Human Rights Law Network.
For more information or to contact Stalin K. please post a reply on Stalin’s blog here. stalink.wordpress.com/documen...
This is only one part of this documentary. Watch the rest of it :
India Untouched Part 1- • India Untouched: Stori...
India Untouched Part 2- • Video
India Untouched Part 3- • Video
India Untouched Part 4- • India Untouched: Stori...

[@kiran..2814]

What a brilliant documentary..hats off Stalin..n Team..

[@kiran..2814]

+jeet027 , Agree BUT Atleast India society so far doesn't quite seem believing the same..

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@kiran..2814 Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills: 🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality). 🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater" 🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them." 🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth. Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'. During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization). Lastly, you have to understand the British/European motive behind imposing caste: The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred. The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes. And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.

[@NireekshaC-xs9md]

Thank you for your wonderful video. Literally I cried after watched this. I don't know my brothers and sisters who were from untouchables facing this kind of stupid. In my childhood also, I experienced some situation of caste discrimination. But the scenes showed here was brutal and unexplainable. I am showing gratitude towards the people who were trying to expose these situations in society.

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Theses stories should exposed to the world in all languages.

[@NativeVsColonial]

Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills: 🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality). 🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater" 🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them." 🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth. Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'. During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization). Lastly, you have to understand the British/European motive behind imposing caste: The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred. The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes. And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.

[@roserose307]

Loved to view these videos, with much excitement and a huge desire for a world of law and equality for all, Thank you. from Brazil Rose.

[@TundeAsaju]

I can't tell you how touched I am by this documentary. It is one of the best tear jerking documentaries I have ever watched. It is incredible that in today's world, there are still people who believe that the accident of birth confers on them some special privileges that makes them feel superior to other humans. Moreso, it is shameful that no religion has succeeded in breaking this obnoxious taboo. The question I am left with is - how does one get rid of this nonsense? What can one do to help the people of India?

[@thapelomokushane5844]

I met a group of these so called Untouchable / Dalit / outcasts in South Africa early 2000 during the World Conference Against Racism. I was very touched and disturbed after I heard about their plight and perpetual suffering at the hands of other cruel human beings seeing themselves as superior.

[@thapelomokushane5844]

Untouchables / Dalits I meant

[@TundeAsaju]

Incredible the vermins we have to share our world with. All the religious groups guilty of perpetuating the obnoxious evil even to the grave. Shame!

[@vibhuti5011]

Tunde Asaju I belong to this community.. so called Dalit

[@Eigenverantwortung]

vibhuti Let’s be friends

[@adelaxxx]

thank you very much for putting this wonderful film on youtube

[@MrKkkutty]

The likes of the hindu priest who keep quoting from MANUSMRUTI should be publicly tried and punished. The punishment should be substantial to make others refrain from making such remarks and practice untouchability. education is very important for the upliftment of the downtrodden and i think there should be social watch organizations to ensure the police, panchayats etc encourage the continuation of such brutality

[@user-xl9hg6ik4o]

Thanks for uploading this video .... Really an eye opening truth .. i m aware of and faces Untouchability in india. But whats wrong with Sikhs ? Guru Nanakji Never want caste system in Sikhism . and shocked bye watching Muslims and Christians even following Manu. . . Great work guys and truly you did wonderful job . atleast people will know the Real ground level reality in India .

[@NativeVsColonial]

Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills: 🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality). 🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater" 🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them." 🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth. Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'. During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization). Lastly, you have to understand the British/European motive behind imposing caste: The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred. The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes. And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.

[@CrazyLassi]

Wow this movie was so great! Although very touching and painful at parts, it had kind of a nice ending. I love the way it didn't judge those crazy pandits or anyone. Thank you for this movie!

[@anonymoushippopotamus8731]

my heart goes out to these happy hearted kids, always happy no matter what! they have clean souls to me than others that judge them on the caste system! those who treat them on the caste system have polluted hearts.

[@bapujim]

Thank you Siddhartha. People do need repeated reminding of the status of the society of its darkest sides. Some highly venerated Religious leaders from the beginning, some scriptures and several reformists worked against this disease. It is probably rectified by education and economic upliftment of the unfortunate. There are other subjects that need similar treatment: the male attitude towards woman; treatment meted out to the transgenders; religious persecution of Jews for over two thousand years across the globe without ever regretting, apologizing and making amends to mention but a few. Thanks again for your great effort.

[@shaunaru]

Thank you for your comment! So true and very well spoken. Thank you again for sharing your insight and wisdom. Be blessed.

[@vijaytiss]

This is a very good one documentary. I first seen this when I was in TISS shown by Stalin himself in Convention centre, Mumbai. It was really brings the myths and other things haunted our society.

[@sankarvenkat5446]

tq vry vry vry vry mch bro.. this is a GREAT video in this world.

[@harlemw651]

Thank you for sharing this documentary!

[@Distoryku]

Thank you 🙏 for this video" we are all one

[@dnyaneshwarbangar6588]

thanks for uploading ...

i had heard about it. but until i watched this documentary, breathlessy, i did not realize how ignorant i was... it is extremely touching... great work... thanks for informing us about this bizarre system...

[@fayefaye_4908]

Sad for these people..everyone should be equal. Indians fight for your dignity and rights!

[@baljeet50]

Dearest Siddharth and your lovey team, love you for great efforts...God bless your beautiful souls. It made me cry so much.

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Let’s change mind of Hindus on caste

[@lycanmc]

if this caste and untouchability comes to an end then the word developing changes into developed india

[@giask3749]

I live in Mumbai and i never knew that untouchability was still being practiced in India! such meaningless awful rules they have!!

[@eat8bq]

thanks for these videos !

[@gregorymccray4116]

Thanks very much to the team that shot, edited and broadcast this video, it is very important. It is and will be impossible for India to come out of the "Dark Ages" until there is genuine Hindu reform- that is reform religiously, culturally and spiritually.

[@DiaLove]

very informative

[@badapkhonglikong1308]

I like all of those kids soooooo innocent....God bless them...n thanks to this camera man who stand bravely for the right to bring light on them n to weep out all this superstitious practices...

[@putriyusof7021]

This is not about religion, this is the mind set problem.. No matter what religion they are, they still practice caste.. Im am so sad to see those women being raped, beaten up, accuse because theyre Dalits. arghhh, Im so sad and mad as i can't help them! Be strong love!

[@Steve-fy4xh]

Untouchability forms the basis of Hinduism and is practiced as an integral part of it. No other religion does this.

[@ishak5189]

lmao, casteism was introduced by a white man to ruin indian society, the origins of this system were very simple and not discriminatory at all but the colonizers had twisted it into their own perverted fantasy. Crazy how the same people that used it so Indians remained helpless are the same ones screaming how disgusting of a thing it is.

[@sathya6691]

Dr BR Ambedkar "I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity

[@meeraraghavendra4380]

Great Guys for making such a wonderful film, I can't think of more, telling incidents than these! when will these change Once again Kudos guys for such good work shown to the world!

[@ripp846]

Excellent work.

[@SP-bj6tt]

I think it time we Indians give up this cast system. I have seen first hand how these Christian missionaries are using this caste system to convert people to Christianity. The weird thing is they are building churches for respective casts, keeping the caste divide intact but making them more divided.

[@Nile15rush_fj]

That Priest sure loves talking about his feet lol

[@vishwasv1919]

Mind boggling documentary!

[@princeshrestharoy4566]

O...ho...Mere samudaay par itna atyachar ..Aur hum aaram se jee rahay hain ....Khuda ..Khair

[@gagnoadaloa2907]

The defenders of the caste system sure have strange analogies to convince people how worthy it to defend.

[@ravishankarparanthaman1889]

kudos to the team!!! - great video.

[@peterpaul4779]

I totally support this movement

[@mohaseens1]

No words to describe this GOOD job. Thank u Stalin K for this letting us know THIS BITTER TRUTH OF MY INDIA. Inshallah every one will come to know the truth one day.. that Humanity is the best religion/caste

[@samrajbhar3582]

Thanks for exploring

[@southtechie]

Wonderful video! Hope it will touch the hearts of at least few people.

[@raj519]

India is the country where all types of discrimination is being practiced

[@herowhite2822]

rajeev ranjan...that is why all Indians wants to leave India for the west, here things are preety equal,civil, rich and less populated.For christ sake control your population.😈

[@raj519]

Mr White I think u r a pro person

[@kasthurirajagopalan2511]

Very nice documentary . Paining to see this..

[@dmaster225]

6:45 Shes seriously bad fucking ass. I wish her luck.

[@mohanite]

sri Siddhartha Chabukswar Sir you did a wonderful job. I have seen all the 4 parts in one go. Lot of balance is there in the presentation, it is a reflection of our society - irrespective of religion/caste. Again, we expect higher neutrality from upper castes and so on. But I believe thoughts come from our own wisdom and equanimity but not from caste or religion or even region to which one belong, let us segregate each from the other(thought and caste etc). We have to have a humane approach towards everybody, then we may be able to guide next generation. It is important that more and more people should get into this path and away from skewed thinking, thanks.

[@teatreeoddie5997]

it almost made me cry seeing the children be scared of something which they should have a full right on doing. Whatt is going on with the society in India?? There needs to be another independence day for these people where there is equality, justice and freedom.

[@sangeethav3492]

Parts 2 and 3 of this documentary are not viewable outside India. Why is this so? I really wanted to show it to some friends who live abroad. Is it possible to make the complete documentary viewable everywhere in the world?

[@ndolisabi4070]

you can see all 4 parts under "untouchability & casteism still exist even today in india"

[@NativeVsColonial]

Because educated people in the west knows the truth, and they don't buy propaganda, these videos are only created for to fool people like you, making you enemy against your own religion and people.

[@samgujarati4083]

Very good job siddhartha....I appreciate your effort what u try to bring it out the hidden reality of our culture.....

[@nareshdasari2297]

thanks Siddhu .... inspiring ..... i convey my sincere regards to you for this excellent documentary... and i still don't get why the so called self appointed hindu dharma protectors still can't get the truth ...

[@alphyjoseph7107]

Well done !

[@TrynaGetBacToMyLuv]

So true.

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Create a video that shows how mind set can be changed and imitate a video showing changed mindset of a community with all caste people living together.

[@romanobritish]

Yes

[@TheGreatishe]

If there is any thing like Democracy, then India is just starting and it has got a long way to go.May God help them.

[@pitipitka5566]

These so called Upper Casts are incredibly low in compassion and humanity.Their arrogance is unbelivable.How the rest of the world tolerates such a soulless society is beyond me.It is ridiculous for such unjustice to exists.

[@zulizali7867]

I watched all the four parts of this excellent documentary, I will never forget it, it made me sad to realize, that inhumanity to humans is celebrated as a ''God given right'', irrespective of what faith you ''practice''. This is sad, tragic, and against the principles and teachings of all monotheistic faiths.

[@allahm8893]

Hats off to you

[@vipin794]

great work sir....very nice documentary ....sari religion ki pol khol di..aur pure india ki..bhi.......maine 4ro parts dekh liye hai...bohut jabardast kaam kiya hai...apne.......................agar..uttrakhand ke baare main..kuch kaam karo...tho...maza aa jayega....sir.....

[@johngalt5604]

how do they not understand that this is wrong? that separating people into casts is what has kept this country from evolving and becoming wealthy.

[@johngalt5604]

RedoranGuard-SkyrimBattles ? atlas shrugged was not about separating people into casts, in fact it's premise is the exact opposite, it was about how humans should interact and that their interaction should not be about casts but about placing value on a person based on what they set their minds to do and accomplish. “The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may resort to force only against those who start the use of force. The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breaches or fraud by the others, to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law. But a government that initiates the employment of force against men who had forced no one, the employment of armed compulsion against disarmed victims, is a nightmare infernal machine designed to annihilate morality: such a government reverses its only moral purpose and switches from the role of protector to the role of man's deadliest enemy, from the role of of policeman to the role of a criminal vested with the right to the wielding of violence against the victims deprived of the right of self-defense. Such a government substitutes for morality the following rule of social conduct: you may do whatever you please to your neighbor, provided your gang is bigger than his.” “There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value. All the codes of ethics they'll try to ram down your throat are just so much paper money put out by swindlers to fleece people of their virtues. The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.”

[@johngalt5604]

RedoranGuard-SkyrimBattles how long do you think that took me to write? I type 180 words a minute. how long did it take you to come up with that 12 word response a couple of hours?

[@johngalt5604]

RedoranGuard-SkyrimBattles what dose my channel have to do with anything moron? I couldn't give a damn how dedicated you are online, you obviously have delusions of grandeur or you would not have bothered to post, and when you do post all you can manage is a pathetic ad hominem. take your own advice and get a life Moron!

[@malikwaji4071]

real face of India don't believe in bollywood ..shame on you

[@bilsonsimamora9297]

I love you the untouchables. For me you are the same as other humans

[@mithatcan10]

How pretty those dalit kids were

[@VikramSingh-rz3jr]

sir wANT TO SEE videos 2&3

[@Metransylvanian]

..watched all 5 parts ,very touching...although mentality can't be changed overnight i hope one day you'll be able to eliminate this and people somehow will understand that we come in this world with same rights..wish you all the best .Greetings from Transylvania :)

[@michaelkareithi937]

This guy is a real hero

[@Tsujanryo]

When I heard Russell Peters say Indian people hate eachother & knowing roughly 80% of standup is real, I thought "Wow. Must be regional in nature; someone from Punjab hates someone from Delhi." Damn was I was wrong. I'm aghast. I guess I had forgotten what little I had heard about Indian castes. I didn't think it was unwavering. Being based on Karma makes sense, & there is no way around that except a change of upbringing. All those beautiful kids being warped. They are all human, all starstuff.

[@yayawarvlog1038]

can't belive is this really happing in india

[@mauritiusimages1075]

which part of india is this? I wish to visit this place.

[@paddycowhey3406]

Thanks, but parts 2&3 are set to private, I can't watch them...

[@akhenamen1]

Very Good documentary! I never realized that Indian caste system is so EVIL!

[@trilloquetrilla]

It has hurt my heart to learn that the cast system prevails even among Christians in India.......WHY????? YHWH does NOT approve of this! He teaches EQUALITY. WHat a sad and pervert SHAME! Catholics are putting YHWH to shame!!!

[@shaunaru]

I was also saddened to see those who call themselves Christian doing such evil, but I also know that many people call themselves Christian and then go about living unkind lives because they truly do not love and follow Christ. Also, there are Christians who do not take their faith seriously enough to really learn what God requires of you - love Your God first with all your soul, mind, and body and love your neighbor as you do yourself because no man really hates himself. Jesus said that following those two laws will cover everything and He is right. There's no way that humans can fulfill the Ten Commandments, it's not possible, but if you truly do your very best, with God's help, to live those two laws, you'll also be fulfilling the Commandments. The other thing that I realized is that they (leaders in India) have made Christians to be a caste, a high caste, for a very evil purpose which I'll try to explain clearly. Missionaries have always been happy when caring for those who have been abused by caste systems to see them learn that they are equal to everyone else in God's eyes. In India it's the Hindu gods who insist upon the caste system, so the Dalits are surprised and happy to find that Jesus values each person the same as the next and all are loved equally. So, I can see where making Christianity a part of the caste system will also protect the Hindu religion because the Dalits can be convinced that they cannot even become Christians - not anything to do with accepting Christ as their savior, but because they cannot aspire to a higher caste! No human being is without sin and evil, even Christians, but the difference with Christians is that they will be forgiven when they recognize and turn away from that sin. That's why I can't believe these so-called high caste Christians (landlords) are truly Christian. If they had started out approving in the caste system and then become Christians, you might see them continue for a short time, but it won't take long for them to be informed of the evil they are involved in, yet these high caste so-called Christians don't repent and turn away from that sin. It's probably been very effective in India in keeping the Dalits in the Hindu religion instead of embracing a God who loves them equally.

[@trilloquetrilla]

Yep, completely d´accord with you. Thank-you

[@vasantsande8644]

Being one of the lowest of lows of India: So much power advantage, so much vacuum left by avoidance and indifference! In my opinion, India's untouchables have nothing to worry about status quo or future. Why? No matter how you look at it, it's our forefathers-their toil sweat blood and tears, it took labor to create what now you see is India and yes, to transcend this world. Never forget reminiscence our forefathers. So much diverse we are, opposites are always interconnected and inseparables. In modern India, I strongly believe untouchables being benefited in the long run. Feeling low or down because your caste? Don't please! Why? Be proud of your forefathers who (labor) created this world, yes I say this whole world. Their labor is tantamount to whatever you see and transfix your eyes to. Be educated in basic numeracy and literacy, automation, arts, and in just about everything in English. Our caste identity is very important for us, our cohesive strength and our visibility that will keep us together. Love you all!

[@scolexx]

that smug old guy.. "culture is a country's main asset" says he who has a higher caste. why discriminate your brother when u look and smell the same? --respect to the underdogs.

[@imsubbingtoeveryonewhosubs2163]

Kill that dog

[@hamadusi]

I am muslim and i will not allowed that ! I feel so sorry for them ! I was crying for the innocent people because they born with no luck.

[@akhenamen1]

Tradition is very strong in India even when the people knows better - wrong is wrong and right is right. If you know the difference you have a choice to do right or wrong. To do nothing is the same as agreement unless you speak out. What do you think?

[@8kumarlalit]

I have no words to express the pain that i m feeling right now.............i m ashamed to to be born as a human ,animals are are better than us....at least they don't have cast system !!!(delhi )

[@Theghua1]

I cant even watch it . I have de same anxiety lime watching de recent turkey Syria earthquake

[@SisterSunshineTV]

Utter madness

[@1127snowbunny1127]

It only take one person to stand up and say "this is wrong". Who will be that one person?

[@hurryupnow1]

it's really hard when they break down your houses and rape your woman , or crack your skull open. like they said in this film.. if you have watched the other parts

[@1127snowbunny1127]

I did watch the video and the caste system is wrong.

[@hurryupnow1]

crystal sparks yeah...my point is that its hard to stand up for yourself in that situation

[@1127snowbunny1127]

I have never been to India and some day I would like to go there. I am very outspoken and I speak my mind and that will get me in trouble.

[@PriusRaj]

Saying something is wrong is easy. Changing it is much, much harder.

[@herowhite2822]

And India wants to be digital India,my arse hole.

[@hong3170]

And the USA is the friend of India so there is human rights problem and India is the democracy? My ass!

[@coolprasanth]

Its sad to see such atrocities happen in our own backyards........the untouchability eradication should be strongly done in the grass root level and from an early age......i am very doubtful as to how people who are truly shunned from society are able to avail the government provided reservations the purpose of which is to enhance them, but is it really reaching them? do we need more stringent system or a different system which could be more effective?

[@The1stGurehaundo]

The funny thing is that Hindus worship Shakyamuni Buddha as the 9th reencarnation of one of their gods, even though Buddha opposed the caste system. How funny is that?

[@kingsofweb]

very ınice documentary film we hadnt known so far this kind of tradition,

[@Eigenverantwortung]

Don’t call it tradition - or do u call discrimination and slavery tradition as well?!

[@dmodeut]

very powerful documentary. A lot of very heartfelt comments from people also. It brings to mind a few questions. WHAT IS RELIGION? (every where people in the film used religion/culture to justify this system) IS RELIGION MAN MADE?

[@finallyanaccount]

I didn't know that your last name indicates your caste ... I went to school with a few Patels in Jamaica.

[@sevenauz]

fucked up country !!!

[@shaunaru]

No, it's a beautiful country, polluted rivers and streets aside, with many really good people. The thing that's screwed up is this issue of untouchability. You are just continuing another kind of prejudice that you're condemning an entire country for - start using the brain you were given and look at your prejudicial issues.

[@romanobritish]

I am Mescalero Apache and this is beyond Middle Ages.

[@desiguy55]

when the hindu holy books were written there were only 4 castes mentioned but they were only based on types of work done by the person, not based on ancestors or inheritance. todays caste system is was the corruption of the original system. after all in Krishna's time he was from a family of the low caste as he himself was a cow herder. but that was never looked down upon in those times. All four castes were important parts of the society. untouchable system is further corruption made worse or caused by the muslim invasion with their belief of impurity and untouchable status of all non muslims and further this system was codified by the british into set laws.

[@utubvenkatesh]

I watched all 5 parts.. I am not proud to be an indian. I dont see india becomes super power EVER.

[@user-zx3sc3jc8g]

Just look at the people's titles who worked for this documentary. Siddhartha Chabukswar,Nirmala Nair,Sooraj Nambiar... Those all caste names.Funny isn't it!

[@sudhak5057]

+தமிழ் எங்கள் மொழி-மனிதம் எங்கள் மதம் yes. as long as there are caste-based surnames, nothing will change! But tell me something: Tamilnadu has done away with surnames, na? Has that helped eradicate casteism ?

[@linalorenzo8672]

Indian scriptures are full of wisdom ,but the streets are full of dirt.Manu did not write about cleaning the streets.Their society is not a nation if they speek we ,they all the time.

[@Rajking01]

class system in india was converted into caste system (which is portugeses word)not indian sanskrit word in which hindu scriptures are written/ portugee got it from greek >latin word "castas". sanskrit word for class system in "varna" which means "to sort people into different job profiles according to their qualities and skills" hence its not by birth/n there were only 4 classes. foriegn invaders converted this into caste system to divide n rule ~..

[@seldenkid48]

Those drums strongly resemble the culture of the beautiful people of Africa

[@NativeVsColonial]

Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills: 🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality). 🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater" 🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them." 🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth. Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'. During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization). Lastly, you have to understand the British/European motive behind imposing caste: The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred. The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes. And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.

[@nikitakade5242]

What a shame; for all that's beautiful in India--caancel my trip there. I have nothing to learn from a culture that would cling to this miserable "tradition", and a legal system that would refuse to prosecute cases of descrimination.

[@jmort253]

Every country has some form of discrimination in its system. This is the dark side. There is definitely a light side to India and many people who don't practice or participate in these atrocities.

[@nikitakade5242]

jmort253 I'm very glad to hear that; I wouldn't want to judge all of America by the atrocities the south committed on black Americans in the 1960s, and wouldn't want to judge this country by the actions of a few stuck in an older, well-disposed-of age. I think of India as a country moving fast into the first world with a long, fascinating history behind it, but this film so depressed me. It's good to know that there's another side to the story.

[@DavidWilliams-th9pm]

jmort253 This system was established globally by the Europeans. It's funny how Europe plays holier than though these days. Black people are killed on a daily basis because their black. White supremacy is global.

[@bapujim]

David Williams I am often confused over this issue: I am Indian. I find people of two scheduled castes, both looked down by others, fight each other for supremacy- they do not eat together, drink water from the same well, they live on opposite sides of the same village...the castes in what you can call middle level, blame the "upper" castes but practice the same discrimination with those who are "lower"!!! Can we blame all whites- all of any one group? There is conditioned mind discriminating. Once we understand sincerely, things may be better.

[@Jjjagaga]

​@@DavidWilliams-th9pm hahah cope btw we ain't just fair we r aryans u apeeeman we have better feautures then whites of america hitlar was crazy biut us

[@xane1990]

its not that much different from slavery really.

[@truth9415]

3:21

[@richardnailhistorical3445]

There is no perfect answer here but one thing is for sure - law and order is everybody's right, not necessarily equality, equality is something to be earned but law and order must always prevail! Those who think they have a right to beat, kill, torture and rape MUST BE HANGED, PUBLICALLY to show people laws will be enforced. They do not enforce laws in India because they do not want to enforce laws in India, that is why they are not enforced, simple as that!

[@chrisdogra1409]

Greatest Invention of mankind wasn't Fire or the wheel. it was RELIGION. It's human nature to control n rule others who are weak,poor n naive, and what better excuse they can use other then religion. All religious books are written by men to cater to their own benefit. GOD AND RELIGION SHOULD NOT MIX TOGETHER.

[@Ddireland]

All the kids are so cute, ask those people how can’t have kids whether they care about any such dogmas