{"id":11568,"date":"2013-10-03T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11568"},"modified":"2013-10-03T17:22:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:22:59","slug":"gram-vicas-for-the-dalits-or-untouchables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/gram-vicas-for-the-dalits-or-untouchables\/","title":{"rendered":"Gram Vicas    for the Dalits or untouchables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be born is a marvellous expression of life<br \/>\nbut to find that your passage is dark<br \/>\npart of a caste system lost in the past<br \/>\nthat clearly still makes a great mark<br \/>\neven today on those souls with dismay<br \/>\nwho find themselves locked in this hold<br \/>\nin the clutches where fear and resentment appear<br \/>\nand people are apparently cold<br \/>\nyou find yourself deep in the doldrums<br \/>\nsome look upon you as dirt<br \/>\nbut you were created from the same mould<br \/>\nyou both could wear the same shirt<br \/>\nbut you are Dalit a low caste<br \/>\nthe lowest of low and therefore<br \/>\nyou are not welcome to use the same toilet<br \/>\nto drink the same water their door<br \/>\nwill always be closed to you sadly<br \/>\nthis is an evil and we<br \/>\nmust help India rise from its ashes<br \/>\nlike the pheonix and fly earnestly<br \/>\nGram Vikas is one such creation<br \/>\nborn out of what is concern<br \/>\npractical respectful living<br \/>\nhopeful that all castes can learn<br \/>\nto share to be part of a village<br \/>\nand to carry their love across castes<br \/>\nfor all men are equal under the sun<br \/>\nand all women too haul their masts<br \/>\nup in the breeze and go sailing<br \/>\nfor women too contribute so<br \/>\nequality really creates so much more<br \/>\nand everyone then just can grow<br \/>\nwater of course and sanitation<br \/>\nare the key to good life as we know<br \/>\nhealth is a quality all can attain<br \/>\nand with it the village can grow<br \/>\nI looked and I saw all those women<br \/>\nwho suffered such strife brought upon<br \/>\nthemselves by the caste of their being<br \/>\nand the freedom that comes when its gone<br \/>\nhow they smile more their wrinkles<br \/>\napparently are<br \/>\nattractive too no one&#8217;s forlorn<br \/>\nDalits are dalits Brahmins are brahmins<br \/>\nbut all of them when they were born<br \/>\ncried at their mothers side<br \/>\ngiven the life the creation the magic<br \/>\nthey shared<br \/>\nwhoever wherever whatever the honesty<br \/>\neveryone bared<br \/>\nand so we have happiness growing<br \/>\na forest of equality<br \/>\nsparkling flowers tended for hours<br \/>\nGram Vikas and humility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be born is a marvellous expression of life but to find that your passage is dark part of a caste system lost in the past that clearly still makes a great mark even today on those souls with dismay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/gram-vicas-for-the-dalits-or-untouchables\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indigenous-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11570,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11568\/revisions\/11570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}