“Putting Someone In Their Place”…Nepalese Style
If only a human being were reducible to a stereotype...if only a human being could be completely defined by the mere social construct of social status...if only.
Birth is a beginning…not an end, unlike how the Caste System in Nepal treats it.
If only a human being were reducible to a stereotype...if only a human being could be completely defined by the mere social construct of social status...if only.
If you don't or cannot display compassion and humanity to those around you at this time of desperate need for just that, then you cannot expect compassion and humanity from others living in far off lands!
Any and every injustice against an individual, in the end, is as injustice against every other individual. There are, and can be, no exception!
One Dalit's story of life-long discrimination and humiliation, and struggle for personal recognition for who he is and what he has become through his own efforts lays bare some of the worst aspects of our Caste System.