Attached below is a very powerful depiction of the lives of the Dalit or the untouchable class in India. As you are reading Chapter 4 Culture and learning about individualism, collectivism, power distance and social stratification this video will bring those theories to life for you. India is a remarkable story of economic transformation but culturally there are many things that will change in Indian society- the caste system is certainly one of them.A civil rights movement is working to change that for the Dalit.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31bz2k

(This only the video 8 minutes duration)

1. Consider the Hofstede cultural index and employ it to explain the social caste system in India

2. The caste system is illegal in India but the caste system is a cultural artifact with a thousand years of history with religious underpinnings

3. We take social mobility in our country for granted but the Indian social caste determines everything....where and if you go to school, marry, type of job, where you live.

Please view the five segments of the Broken People and comment using the questions and observations above.