Untouchable? - India

December 2000
Veerasamy takes in washing for his living. He lives in a small village in southern India where all the inhabitants are Dalits - outcasts or 'Untouchables' as they're known in India. But even among the dalits, there are divisions, and Veerasamy belongs to the lowest scale of the hierarchy. The only payment he receives for back-breaking work, washing and steaming and drying the laundry of the village's 19 families, is the left-overs from their meals to feed his small family.

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[theguythatateyourdog]

McManamon (Hi Amit)

[sonja0707]

the problem is the stupid religion that is racist. it treats people who are black like shit. so even if the saved up which is a stupid joke because they cant save when you are bloody poor. even it they decide to leave and move. the colour still says untouchable. all asian of india originally come from them. the ones who so light either bleach or mix period. asians are racist to the darker skin. but what they dont realise they all come from the dalit who originally come from East Ethiopia.AFRICA.

[sins1989]

going rates bout 100-200 rupees for laborers in punjab, they should move there!

[jusitke07]

@raghuhiriyur this video is made by journeymanpictures, an independent distributor of topical news features, documentaries and footage based in London UK. They are not a part of any religious organization at all.

[dapundana]

Even I thought such things don't exist now until I was confined to my city, but I saw this personally when I went to my ancestral village and was shocked. Now it has slightly subsided but still exists.  You can visit some of the villages nearby Thirukovilur in TN.

[raghuhiriyur]

This is a misleading video created by christian missionaries.

[raghuhiriyur]

Now a days it is not there. This video is misleading.

[Sora657]

Dark skin is beautiful ad very light skin is also beautiful.To me race/color matters little its symmetry , figure , and personality that make a female beautiful.