What is the difference between Pasmanda and Dalit Muslims? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lENVbLrJOQw Feb 27, 2018 Faiyaz Ahmad Wajeeh, Sub Editor of The Wire Urdu, interviews Dr. Aiyub Rayeen, author of 'Bharat Ke Dalit Musalman' about castes among Indian Muslims, their problems and the difference between Pasmanda and Dalit Muslims.
With Dalits continuing to face prejudice and discrimination within their own communities, some try to find social acceptance by converting to Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism or Islam. But conversion is not simply a way out - prejudices still carry over into other religions. Many converts face resistance and even violence from their families or the communities they were born into and the new chosen faith can pose a different set of challenges
Set primarily in Mumbai and in the Madhya Pradesh countryside, this film provides an insight into conversion to other religions - the social reformer and principal architect of the Indian constitution, BR Ambedkar, was born a Dalit and converted to Buddhism and many followed in his footsteps - and the processes for finalising conversions.
We hear the personal stories of different Dalit Muslims and the campaign of one man, descended from Muslim converts, to end garbage picking and discrimination against Dalits in Madhya Pradesh.