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Women On Top Take Two!
Jul 10th
Yes we are back on top! The Women on Top project all kicked off this week but this time it’s tougher than ever! Due to popularity and demand after the first success we decided to create Take Two and stretch these women a little further. This project will run over an intensive week workshop.
Do these ladies have what it takes to devise a piece of theatre based on object stimulus? The heat on and the pressure is… What pressure? they only have a week to write, devise and PERFORM…
CasteWatchUK Conference on 2nd July 2011
Jun 26th
As an going campaign to root out caste based discrimination from British Society, CasteWatchUK is holding a conference “Caste & Equality Act 2010 – Next Steps” on Saturday 2nd July in Coventry. This conference aims to consider “Equality Act 2010 & Next Steps” so that British Society can continue to provide a free environment for its to live their lives with pride & dignity and basic human rights of all the British Citizens continue to get protection from British Law.
Please email info@castewatchuk.org if you wish to attend.
I’m Dalit. How Are You?
Jun 9th
The God of Small Things
Jun 9th
It’s been a while since we posted anything on here but we have been busy as usual and will post more info about future projects soon.
Meanwhile, this is a great video about caste prejudices in India, with clips from the film “Swades” starring Shah Rukh Khan and the book “The God of Small Things”. It also features a great classic Gurdaas Maan track. Please watch it.
Successful Seminar in Manchester
Apr 10th
Sorry for the delay in posting this. Last Friday we spoke at a seminar on Dalit Cultural production in the UK which took place at Manchester Met University. All the speakers were really interesting. Annapurna Waughray, Senior Lecturer at MMU School of Law gave an excellent introduction into the making caste discrimination illegal in this country. Poet Daljit Khankhana talked about the ideas behind his poems, his passion for figting caste discrimination really came out. Meena Varma, Director of Dalit Solidarity Network UK, gave an incredibly eye opening talk about the way caste still affects peoples lives in India. She showed a film More >
