Dear friends, Last weekend, I met two young filmmakers who are planning to make a movie on a Dalit woman Ms Indu Devi from Bihar. They came to know about me though the Outlook article and contacted me. We had around three and half hours discussion on matters related to Dalits, Dr Ambedkar, Gandhi, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity etc. They first heard the name Dr Ambedkar through me though they have a little knowledge about Dalits and their plight. They are independent and upcoming filmmakers with a few short films to their credit one on Bosnian war, a copy of which was given to me. According to them, they have read about Indu Devi who took arms to fighting against oppressive land-lords. She built an army of Dalit woman, trained them in using arms and fighting against the land-lords. I did not hear about this woman till they mention it. To know about her, they have sent me an article and it is impressive. They are planning to make a movie on her. They have come up with a name as well for their movie. They want to know more about this woman before they write their screen play. If anyone in these forums knows her story, we appreciate if they share with us. To understand more of the nature of the sufferings of Dalits, they contacted me. I am helping them in that direction. But, since I do not about Ms Indu Devi, we need your help. We appreciate any information you can provide on her. Remember that Dalits need media International media attention. Hope, this type of films help us to stir the conscience of the well minded people of the world to come and notice what we are experiencing in our own country. So, we need to help every attempt to make it happen. Please help us. We appreciate your help in this regard. NOTE: Please pass on this message to other groups where you think we may get info on her. Benjamin
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. -Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar Please visit www.ambedkarscholarship.org
