Screenings: 'There is no caste discrimination in IITs?' and 'Molkarin'

"There is no caste discrimination in IITs?" by Somnath Waghmare (2023, 16 mins)

This documentary captures the gathering at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, on February 5, 2023 for the 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan Solanki, a victim of institutional murder at IIT Bombay.

"Molkarin" by Deepa Dhanraj (1981, 25 mins)

"Molkarin" exposes the oppressive working conditions of thousands of domestic workers in Pune. The film narrates the coming together of women workers and union activists to form the Pune Shahar Molkarin Sanghatana (Pune City Domestic Workers Union) to fight for their rights. Domestic workers, mainly Dalit and rural migrants to the city, reflect on their low payment, their lack of security and the normalized humiliating behavior of their employers, exposing also the participation of middle class women in working class women’s oppression.

A roundtable and Q&A with the directors will follow the screening.

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

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