Tens of thousands of Indian immigrants in Britain are demanding legal protection from caste discrimination, saying Old World prejudices are being allowed to flourish in the West.
Britain’s Indian community — the largest minority group in the country, with some 1.5 million members — is well established, successful and intertwined into the country’s social fabric.
But up to 200,000 British Indians are considered dalits, formerly known as untouchables, comprising the lowest of the low in a rigid caste system rooted in the Indian subcontinent.
“The people who practise this culture, they migrated to other countries around the world including Britain,” said Umlal Kainth, one of hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in central London Saturday, demanding government action.
“Although we live in a very fair society, those people refuse to jettison those evil traditions,” Kainth said. Full story...
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Britain’s Indian community — the largest minority group in the country, with some 1.5 million members — is well established, successful and intertwined into the country’s social fabric.
But up to 200,000 British Indians are considered dalits, formerly known as untouchables, comprising the lowest of the low in a rigid caste system rooted in the Indian subcontinent.
“The people who practise this culture, they migrated to other countries around the world including Britain,” said Umlal Kainth, one of hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in central London Saturday, demanding government action.
“Although we live in a very fair society, those people refuse to jettison those evil traditions,” Kainth said. Full story...
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