STILL I RISE

Posted by dalitdiva on August 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

Another first for me. This is my first print article in ELLE INDIA. Enjoy!   Discrimination and rejection are rites of passage for any Dalit, anywhere in the world. One Dalit-American artist contemplates all she has learnt from being branded untouchable. Life can turn upside down in an instant. I was in the fifth grade … Continue reading →

Category dalit, Fundamentalism, Immigration

THE HARD AND THE AMAZING

Posted by dalitdiva on February 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

I am in Delhi. And we are working around the clock. Things are hard and amazing at the same time. Mostly because all of it is real, NOW, and so poignant. Every woman I meet though AIDMAM from activists to volunteers to survivors have a story. And in this calm before the storm as we … Continue reading →

Category dalit

FINALLY IT BEGINS

Posted by dalitdiva on January 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

After a year of fundraising and speaking in the United States to raise awareness around my film I’ve arrived in India. The making of a film is a marathon of gauntlets and surviving that first step really has prepared me to expect the unexpected and be unattached as I begin my research. In many ways … Continue reading →

Category dalit, Touchable: The Journey from Untouchable To Dalit