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BART SIMPOSON

@jonnybgood

Voyager

Posted: 17 years ago

Who are they and why are they treated unfairly, is becuase they poor or is it becuase of religion

Edited by BARTSIMPSON - 17 years ago

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Abhijit Kulkarni

@kabhi_21

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Posted: 17 years ago

Originally posted by: BARTSIMPSON
Who are they and why are they treated unfairly, is becuase they poor or is it becuase of religion

Which century are you leaving in

They are not treated unfairly at all...... i cant say about some places in UP and bihar..... but other places they have VIP treatment

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Dabulls23

@Dabulls23

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Posted: 17 years ago

These days in India the only way you know someone is dalit when u see them getting very preferential treatment. Schools, Colleges, Jobs etc. Otherwise aam janta will never know.

They are not treated unfairly but they are over compensated for the injustice and unfair treatment they received in past. This is my observation and personal opinion only.

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tulasi prasad

@amo_amo_aigoo

Inactive

Posted: 17 years ago

i have sc frnds who r well-off n brahmin frnds who r very poor. atleast in the cities its only a misconception tht dalits r ill-traeted. i cannot say the same in villages. i think in rural areas untouchability is still prevalent.

i remember clearly whn i had gone 2 my grandparents village in early 90's the dalits lived outside the village in a separate place. i donno now as i have not gone there since 15 yrs.

in cities its different. they r very much a part of society.

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BART SIMPOSON

@jonnybgood

Voyager

Posted: 17 years ago

https://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080712/1053/tnl-dalit-prof-insulted-in-mumbai_1.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBxy1R0jitM

video of I'm Dalit, how are you?

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Deepak Tamang

@SolidSnake

Rocker

Posted: 17 years ago

You may want to correct spelling mistake in the title.

In ancient India there used to be a Varna system, a person would get categorised as per his/her skills. Unfortunately slowly, it got institutionalised as casts. People at the bottom of social ladder were considered "untouchables", I have no idea about the origin of word Dalit.

Yes they faced discimination from "forward" casts, but as of now their situation has improved a lot. Dalits get many benefits from Govt in terms of reservation in Govt jobs, seats in educational institutes. I have not been to villages, but at atleast I have not seen any discrimination or bias against Dalits. Actually no one bothers about casts at all.