India’s lower-caste Dalits are denied dignity, even in death
A video of men lowering a dead body from a bridge after the funeral was not allowed on land of an upper-caste community sparked public uproar
06 March 2020 - 13:06
New Delhi — India’s lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land so they can bury their dead, human rights activists said on Friday, as their traditional burial grounds are targeted by real estate developers and higher-caste Hindus.
Last year, a viral video of Dalit men lowering a dead body by a rope from a bridge after an upper-caste community in the southern state of Tamil Nadu refused to allow the funeral procession to pass through their land, sparked a public uproar...
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