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Untouchable Love

Posted on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 by Dharma Documentaries
Stories from Nepal of young lovers and how casteism impacts upon the lovers, their families and communities.

Untouchable Love

This is a very moving film made for the Real Stories series about intercaste love amongst a number of couples in Nepal.

The film starts innocently enough with young boys and girls talking about the first time they recognised they were in love, how they got round to telling each other, and committed to being with each other.

After a while we find out the difficulties these young couples are in, not because their love didn’t work out, but because of the rules of caste and society in Nepal (and also of course in India), which forbid intercaste marriage.

Historically these so-called Gandharva marriages were not only recognised by the Hindu law books, but were approved of, and some commentators even praised them as the ones most likely to succeed.

But later casteism became more and more entrenched to the point where it is now forbidden, and with disastrous consequences for those involved – not just the couples, but also for their families and communities.

As it only affects one community and one or two nations casteism doesn’t get the same coverage that racism and sexism gets, but it is just as equal a scourge as either of those, and needs to be condemned outright and repeatedly.

I have shown videos previously on this site about the plight of dalits and casteism, and one of Buddhism’s great recent heroes, Dr. Ambedkar, who fought against it, and it is one of the main evils of modern day Hinduism, as it has been in the past.

 

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TAGS:
Culture, Caste, Dalits, India, Nepal

2 thoughts on “Untouchable Love”

  1. Maria says:
    March 17, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    I just saw the documentary in YouTube and i was so in touch..i felt their fear of losing each other and aldo the fear that someone ll kill them and their surroundings due to name of honor. Please i would like to know what these couple’s life today. If i say i dont worry for them i would be lie…its 2022 and j wonder after so many years are they still safe?

    Thank you

    Reply
    1. Dharma Documentaries says:
      March 17, 2022 at 5:42 pm

      Hi Maria, I do not know what happened to them in the end. We all hope they are safe and well and together.

      Reply

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