Her move against manual scavenging got stronger after Kakkoos
Kakkoos ’ docu-film maker Divya Bharathi who had relocated to a neighbouring State following threats to kill and rape her after release of her film, revives the dialogue on abolition of manual scavenging besides compensating the victims’ kin alive and kicking.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-08-31 21:28 GMT
Chennai
Divya was arrested last month for a protest she took part about eight years ago when an inmate of a Dalit Hostel died of a snakebite in Madurai.
Released on conditional bail, Divya began getting threats through phone calls, WhatsApp and through social networks from the BJP and Puthiya Tamilagam cadres, as regards for docu-film.
The latter’s grouse is that the docu-film had portrayed Pallars as being involved in manual scavenging while the involvement of non-Dalits in the same trade was ignored to its convenience besides accusing the filmmaker.
Divya maintained that her priority was in documenting what she came across in 11 months of her journey and was aimed at only exposing the vulnerability of those involved in it which includes Pallars. Complaints were lodged in 12 places and an FIR was registered at Othakadai Police station in Madurai.
“Two died in a septic tank in Madurai 2015. We struggled for three days to chart the proper course of the case. I could not stand it. I began my journey of the documentary, which has now become a small tool. I am hoping to make this into a youth forum against manual scavenging”, Divya said.
After several hurdles to screen her docu-film, Divya had successfully managed about 1,000 screenings since the release took place in February and was busy screening it in Mysuru on Thursday.Now, she has begun working on her second docu-film which is on beef-ban. Her docu-film has crossed 4.13 lakh views in Youtube.
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