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Screening: ‘We have not come here to die’ (dir. Deepa Dhanraj)

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Film Screening

Wed, Apr 17, 2024

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Green Hall, Room 0-S-6

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

Details

On January 17, 2016, a Dalit doctoral research scholar and activist, Rohith Vemula, unable to bear the persecution from a partisan university administration and dominant caste Hindus, hung himself in one of the most prestigious universities in India. His suicide note, which argued against the “value of a man being reduced to his immediate identity,” galvanized student politics in India, calling attention to the systemic oppression faced by Dalit people, and encouraging solidarity with marginalized groups across the country. "We have not come here to die" attempts to track this historic movement that is changing the conversation on caste in India.

Where

Green Hall, Room 0-S-6

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

Hosted By

Center for Global India | View More Events
Co-hosted with: Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies, Program in South Asian Studies, Center for Global India (OWNER)