Caste Aside

  • Documentary
1/23/2018
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The fight to legislate Caste in the UK

Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision on whether or not to introduce legislation against caste discrimination in the UK. Highlighting both sides of this heated debate, the documentary speaks to Dalit rights activists, Hindu community leaders, academics and lawyers, as well as those who say they have been discriminated against on the basis of their caste - here in Britain.

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    A documentary charting a Birmingham City University graduates battle against caste discrimination in British-Asian communities has been generating a buzz within the community.

    Reena Jaisiah, who graduated from Birmingham City University in 2013, shares her own story in the documentary, Caste Aside, which looks at the caste discrimination and has been screened at several locations in London and broadcast on television since its release in January.

    After graduating with a BA honours in Sociology in 2003, Reena began raising awareness of caste discrimination and founded a theatre company called Caste Away Arts to address the issue in a creative way.

    She was named Birmingham City Universitys Alumni of the Year in 2013 for her work on c...

    May 28, 2025

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