Here are links to news articles reporting about the caste system:
TRUTHSEEKERS FEATURED AT LAUSANNE CONGRESS IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Dinesh Kumar, Treasurer of the Truthseekers India Board and General Secretary of the Weavers (an OBC subcaste), gave his testimony Monday, October 18, 2010 in front of over 5,000 delegates at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Watch and listen to his interview at http://tinyurl.com/24qaue3
CLEANSING A DALIT RETIRED OFFICER'S OFFICE – Cowdung infused water was used to "cleanse" the office of a retired government officer: http://tinyurl.com/3ve68zu
COLOR MATTERS – Story on National Public Radio that talks about skin lightening creams for men, now becoming more popular: http://tinyurl.com/yd9rsw6 and First-person commentary from Indian woman who works for NPR in Delhi: http://tinyurl.com/yenn9eo
CASTE STILL MATTERS – Even among educated young professionals, caste still matters, see this article: http://tinyurl.com/c3u5yu
VIOLENT REACTION TO TEENAGE LOVE - story of a family and village's violent reaction to cross caste teenage love: http://tinyurl.com/kmvuxa
INDIA'S SUPREME COURT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CASTE SYSTEM - Who would have thought–the Brahmin-dominated Supreme Court of India is calling for the destruction of the caste system! Read on: http://tinyurl.com/4pgeph
DISASTER AND DISCRIMINATION - This is from the BBC: http://tinyurl.com/4c28ng
SUICIDE FARMERS–A PERMANENT FORM OF PROTEST - A horrifying example of how people respond when there is no hope is the phenomenon of "suicide farmers"–farmers who, either out of despair, rage, or both–take their lives to protest a system that guarantees they will forever be locked into debt. This article from the Hindu Times chronicles the grim totals from 2007…when at least 17,000 farmers took their lives: http://tinyurl.com/6pznvo
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