The 2016 film Sairat highlights the political aspects of the extremely harmful Indian caste system

Sacred cows and India’s caste carcass

This story unfolds in many ways and in many simultaneous forms. When the powerful new film Sairat was released, few referred to a “silent” revolution brewing among India’s lower castes. The film in the regional Indian-language Marathi, with a newcomer cast, shocked audiences and pundits alike by becoming the biggest Marathi grosser in the central Indian…