In India, 300 million humans treated as untouchable (dalits)

In the context of traditional Hindu society, Dalit status has often been historically associated with occupations regarded as ritually impure, such as any involving butchering, removal of dead animals, removal of night soil (human feces) and leatherwork. One million Dalits work as manual scavengers, cleaning latrines and sewers by hand, and clearing away dead animals. Engaging in these activities was considered to be polluting to the individual, and this pollution was considered contagious. As a result, Dalits were commonly segregated, and banned from full participation in Hindu social life. For example, they could not enter a temple or a school, and were required to stay outside the village. Elaborate precautions were sometimes observed to prevent incidental contact between Dalits and other castes. Discrimination against Dalits still exists in rural areas (where two-thirds of India's people live) in the private sphere, in everyday matters such as access to eating places, schools, temples and water sources.

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[monkichirmon]

This disgusts me. Man I shouldn't have married one.

[hay10nay]

o proprio diabo domina india ..eu sei como é ...so DEUS mesmo ....esse é o lugar aonde o diabo manda tudo.....

[lukebccb]

If the land of the hindus do not find a way to achieve a nonviolent social revolution that would free the Dalits from such horrific lives then it is a given that the time will come when someone will come along and offer the Dalits freedom from their oppressors thru violent revolution and we know for a fact *armed* angry oppressed peoples - SUCH AS THE PRESENT DALITS - will exact a terrible revenge on their oppressors.

[MsJohnlawson]

HINDUSIM=ARYANISM,BRAHMINISM,

DEVILISHM,EVILISM ARYAN HINDU SANSKRITS BRAHMIN VEDAS VEDAS =

nonsense ,stupid,senseless,brainless,

typical indian idiots,they have no knowledge of

good or history, sanskrit vedas hinduism = dreamers,storytellers,

myth,BRAINWASHING,USELESS,NO MORALS,

INCEST PRACITICE ,ANIMAL,GROUP SEX..ETC

IF SOME ONE TELLS YES TO HINDUISM HE ISNOT HONEST OR IGNORANT,EVIL,CHEATERS

JUST WHAT I LEARNED ON MY ONE YEAR GAP TRIP TO INDIA!

[MsJohnlawson]

WELCOME TO HINDUISM

WE WORSHIP MAN MADE OBJECTS STATUES WHICH CAN NOT SEE OR HEAR

WE BELIEVE IN BURNING WIDOWS

WE LIKE TO DRINK COW PISS

AND WE BELIEVE IN MAKING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS UNTOUCHABLES

THATS 200 MILLION OF OUR FELLOW HINDUS

WHO MAKE US HIGHER HINDUS SICK!

JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THE GREAT ASPECTS OF OUR IDOL WORSHIPPING

STAY TUNED FOR MORE WONDERS THAT IS PISS DRINKING RAT WORSHIPPING HINDU NONSENSE!

JUST WHAT I LEARNED ON MY ONE YEAR GAP TRIP TO INDIA!

[MrIndoCanadian]

Fucking proki take care of ur own country instead of making videos on India.

[bilmo]

India has a nuclear programme, a space programme costing billions and more billionaires than any country and Britain still gives millions in 'aid' . Isn't about time the Indian Government got its priorities right and spent all this money looking after their own people.

[patriot638]

This is the continuous human rights violations in india. World should critize bloody indian govt to take care its people.