Dayspring International: Dalits: Poorest Of The Poor: On The Brink Of True Freedom


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THE PROBLEM 250 million people of the Dalit caste in India are trapped by generational poverty and oppression. By Hindu tradition, Dalits are the lowest of the low. The only jobs available to them are as sewage and sanitation workers and other menial tasks. The public educational system has ignored them. Yet they have never rebelled against their poverty and oppression because Hindu teaching held them in bondage: they were taught from birth that God hated them and had doomed them to suffering. If they tried to better themselves, they were inviting more punishment from God! THE BREAKTHROUGH Across India, Dalit leaders are urging their people to quit Hinduism and the culture of oppression that enslaves them! Dalit leader Udit Raj has galvanized the Dalits by courageously telling them that they are free to abandon Hinduism and the horrible birthright of the untouchables. He organized a public demonstration to personally renounce Hinduism, and the response was overwhelming! Two hundred thousand Dalits converged on the scene, over 400 bus and trainloads were turned away by government forces.
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Minati is from a poor family that cannot even afford to have two meals per day. When she met the Dayspring International film team, she told the team about how she and her family had often gone hungry. Fragile and weak from a lack of food and the burden of her family, she said she could not even think of dedicating her time to religion. Then one night Minati had a dream about Jesus.

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