http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/21dalit.htm
A dalit auto rickshaw driver is blinded by an umbrella by upper caste men for demanding fare from them.
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What is the point in making this news so prominent by saying - only happens in India?
now wait for someone saying that this happens due to 'Indian culture' or lack of it. How come the actions of criminals are allowed to define what 'culture' is?
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Orginally posted by ThinkingOne
What is the point in making this news so prominent by saying - only happens in India?
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Since caste is involved (although nowhere the article says the men were of upper caste, it says they enjoyed political patronage, but from which party), it does represent some of Indian culture. In North Bihar the problem is quite acute. Incidents like these occur everyday, some where upper caste people are at the receiveing end. My uncle who is in police in North Bihar (North of Patnay ) says North Bihar is virtually free of communal problems, all the violence is mostly caste based.
If this happened is the west it would be the equivalent of a race based crime...hate crime (like Jasper, TX). That would then represent some of west's culture...i.e. racism, which may or maynot be present now in its worst forms.
This is more than a crime, if it were upper caste men who blinded him...
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This is more than a crime, if it were upper caste men who blinded him...
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