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This fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune, one of the world's fastest growing cities. Caste is a tricky subject in Pune. This year has seen cas...te riots sweeping the city. Mrs Kapur doesn't want her privileged pupils at Bhojwani Academy to live in a "caste bubble" and decides to tackle the issues head on in the classroom. As part of her policy, she's waived the fees for the children of Munda, the school cleaner, to be educated alongside the predominantly high-caste Bhojwani students. Munda's life has been dominated by caste issues, ever since she married a lower caste man. We follow her as she travels back to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to seek reconciliation with the family who rejected her when she chose love over caste.
This fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune, one of the world's fastest growing cities. Caste is a tricky subject in Pune. This year has seen cas...te riots sweeping the city. Mrs Kapur doesn't want her privileged pupils at Bhojwani Academy to live in a "caste bubble" and decides to tackle the issues head on in the classroom. As part of her policy, she's waived the fees for the children of Munda, the school cleaner, to be educated alongside the predominantly high-caste Bhojwani students. Munda's life has been dominated by caste issues, ever since she married a lower caste man. We follow her as she travels back to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to seek reconciliation with the family who rejected her when she chose love over caste.
| Series: | Indian school |
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| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:56 |
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| Producer: | Emma D'eath |
| Narrator: | Nikki Bedi |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/indianschool/index.html |
| Keyword(s): | Kalmadi Shamrao High School; Rewachand Bhojwani Academy |
| Subject terms: | Caste--India; Education--India; Schools--India; Pune (India) |
| Production number: | JOUA456X |
| Videofinder number: | 7549 |
| Available to public: | no |
