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[-] Gazumi@lemmy.world 64 points 6 months ago

Modi, like Trump is telling everyone, especially the poorest, what he's doing for them, and supported by BJP and other militant groups, is directly empowering this type of WTF horror alongside the anti Muslim activities. He like rallies and speeches. Sounds like another nationalist leader who blamed a religious group too, and went on to provide a final solution.

[-] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Dalit is actually one of the historically "untouchable" Indian castes mind you.

I say historically because certain "perceptions" about castes still persist in this country despite the caste system officially being outlawed since the late 1940s.

[-] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Is the caste violence in the Northeast common?

[-] weeahnn@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago

Im sorry, WTF?

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 41 points 6 months ago

It Uttar Pradesh the Florida of India?

[-] JaffnaCakes@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago

It's one of the poorest states, rife with poverty and crime, low employment opportunities, and high rates of illiteracy and other markers of low education. Coupled with the issues which affect India more broadly, such as overpopulation and class and caste discrimination, make it a not very nice place.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago

Don't forget the rampant religious tension, actively fed by the government.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Ah, so it's more a Mississippi or Alabama

[-] Crow@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

It’s like super Florida.

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

More like Uttar Pradesh is the India of India.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago

No, probably every crazy thing about uttar Pradesh has been from this one OP

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Idk why I'm getting downvoted, look at his history

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

In all of human history, nothing good has ever come from conservatism. Only horror, misery and death.

[-] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Dallits for those who don't know, are literally 'The untouchables' as in people will use a tissue or gloves to shake hands with them to prevent accidental skin in skin contact.

They are seen as the lowest of the low. Worth noting too that even if someone from this group emigrates to say the US or UK, other Indians may still treat them with this level of disdain. It's ingrained into the culture. There have been some rumblings about Caste-ism being legislated against in several countries. But some people claim this is not fair to Indians since it's so integral to the culture. Some argue that even legislating against Caste-ism is a form of racism. Seems totally insane to me. But I am not Indian so what the fuck do I know.

Either way, this story is fucking despicable.

[-] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

California passed a law banning caste discrimination, but Gov Newsome vetoed it after Indian backlash. Their argument was that by singleing out caste discrimination, your calling attention to an Indian cultural practice that totally doesn't happen anymore (it does, even in the US), and since your bringing negative attention to and falling out an Indian cultural thing doing so is therefore racist/discriminatory. To me this just sounds like white people being against an anti discrimination law because it makes white people look bad because of their past practice of discrimination, and racism totally doesn't exist anymore. Like if race or caste discrimination isn't a problem anymore, then the law does nothing, so what's the big deal?

It bummed me out that the Indian community in CA was so up in arms about that law, as it not only would have protected people, it would have sent a message to the world, and India in particular, that we're firmly against caste discrimination. Especially if the Indian-American community was vocally backing it. It could have done some real good. Also, Newsome is a coward for doing what is politically expedient for his presidential ambitions, rather than doing what's right.

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

"Cooked alive" is too strong. She was thrown into a cauldron but survived.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 6 months ago

what the fuuuuuuuuuuck?!

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Most of time when I read some criminal news from India, It came from Uttar Pradesh1000087802

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