Row over 'untouchable Indian dog'

**dirtydog** · 25-09-2010, 05:05 AM

Row over 'untouchable Indian dog'

Sunita Jatav fed Sheru some leftover bread

Police in India are investigating claims that a Dalit woman has been ordered to pay compensation to the high-caste owners of a dog she fed.

The woman says the village council wants her to pay a fine of 15,000 rupees ($330) for feeding the dog, which the owners have now kicked out.

They are reported to have said the dog is "untouchable", but deny being motivated by caste considerations.

Although widespread, discrimination against Dalits is an offence in India.

Dalits, who make up nearly 20% of the Indian population, say little has changed despite the government enacting various laws banning caste-based discrimination.

'He got very angry'

The incident took place in Malikpur village in Morena district in central Madhya Pradesh state.

"I made some roti [Indian bread] and took it to my husband who works in a farm.

After I had fed him, we had some leftovers which I gave to the dog," the Dalit woman, Sunita Jatav, said.

She said the owner of the dog, Amrutlal Kirari, saw her feeding him.

"He got very angry and said 'You've fed my dog, it has become an untouchable now'."

Mrs Jatav said Mr Kirari left the dog, a black mongrel called Sheru, tied to a pole outside her house.

On Monday, the village council met and decided that Sheru had been defiled and hence Mr Kirari should be paid 15,000 rupees as compensation, Mrs Jatav alleged.

On Tuesday, she approached the district collector of Morena who ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Senior police officer in the area, Baldev Singh, told the BBC that he was investigating the matter.

He said Mr Kirari had alleged that after eating the bread, Sheru fell ill.

Mr Kirari said he abandoned the dog at Mrs Jatav's house so she could look after it and nurse it back to health, Mr Singh added.

Dalits - formerly untouchables - are considered at the bottom of the Hindu caste system.

Any discrimination against them is an offence and punishable by law.

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**Agent_Smith** · 25-09-2010, 05:58 AM

sounds like the dog will be better off with her anyway, owner is a prick

**Jools** · 25-09-2010, 06:30 AM

Unbelievable!!! Almost as absurd as Islam.

Fok these bastards and the grimy magic carpet they rode in on.

**Pol the Pot** · 25-09-2010, 07:54 AM

Those fucking Hindus are lovely people, aren't the?

**Davis Knowlton** · 25-09-2010, 09:01 AM

They are some of the most racist assholes in the world. And abolishing the caste system many years ago hasn't changed anything.

**Jet Gorgon** · 25-09-2010, 09:05 AM

Meh, some Western group will start a charity for the lady and she'll end up with more than the d-head. It's a nice story in the sense that, poor as the lady is, she shared her leftovers with a dog.

**kmart** · 25-09-2010, 09:11 AM

Slumdog millionaire.

**billy the kid** · 25-09-2010, 05:50 PM

when they get money into their back pockets they all become obscene, ugly and foked up people.
good dose of losing face would do them the world of good.
feeding a dog, jeesus.
almost as hansom as DD.

**blue** · 25-09-2010, 06:43 PM

hindus and muslims what a charming set of people.
Britain let 5 million of them in. what a flipping misstake-

''Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their 'unclean' guide dogs.
One pensioner, a cancer sufferer, told how had twice been confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog, and had also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.

Read more: Muslim bus drivers refuse to let guide dogs on board | Mail Online

**smeden** · 25-09-2010, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

They are some of the most racist assholes in the world. And abolishing the caste system many years ago hasn't changed anything.

blame the english they suported the higher castes to keep the lower carstes down where the higher castes says they belong

**hazz** · 25-09-2010, 08:26 PM

This is all rather embarrassing for the poor dears.

They have been developing their civilisation for the last 3-4 thousand years and not only can they not organise building a few buildings for the commonwealth games, but in that time they have made less progress in becoming a fair/civilised society than the UK has made in the last 50 years.

**Pol the Pot** · 27-09-2010, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by smeden

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

They are some of the most racist assholes in the world. And abolishing the caste system many years ago hasn't changed anything.

blame the english they suported the higher castes to keep the lower carstes down where the higher castes says they belong

Might be true that the Brits might have favoured the higher castes but I don't think that would have been very often.

They had quite a few Sikhs and Muslims and if they had Hindus they'd be from Nepal or certain warrior castes.

In any case, the caste system had been going strongly for 3000+ years already before the Brits arrived, and it was the controllers of the religion that kept low castes not only low, but actually also about a third of the population completely outside the caste system, the outcastes (carefull, nowadays you'll hear them called Dalits or scheduled castes, that's PC speak).

The outcastes were so low, outside the caste system, to every day hammer into them that they weren't even worthy of the cycle of life and death, worth less than the shit they (literally) got from their 'casted' masters.

Don't compare Hindus with Muslims, they aren't playing in the same league.

**The Bold Rodney** · 27-09-2010, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by smeden

blame the english they suported the higher castes to keep the lower carstes down where the higher castes says they belong

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

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