caste system

Video of Indian MLA’s daughter who married lower caste Hindu goes viral

Web Desk Jul 11, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rajesh Mishra landed in a controversy after a set of two videos went viral on Wednesday (yesterday) in which his daughter is seen expressing threat from him to her and her Dalit husband's life after the two had gotten married in a temple prior

Indian teacher ‘beheads’ Dalit man for using floor mill

AFP Oct 7, 2016

DEHRADUN: An Indian teacher beheaded a Dalit man after an argument over his use of a flour mill, a senior police officer said Friday, the latest in a spate of attacks on members of the country's lowest caste. The teacher became angry when he saw 35-year-old Sohan Ram using the flour mill in northern Uttarakhand state and accused him of making it "impure", the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Even though the concept of untouchability has been outlawed in India some Hindus still believe that contact with a person…