There are some searing moments in Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Bison Kaalamaadan’ that strike like a blow. The cutting of green-black threads on the wrists of Dalit students tells you how rooted Mari is as a storyteller. In fact, the colour-coded threads are known to be used as caste-markers in Tamil Nadu schools over the past few decades, reportedly enabling students to identify who they can mingle with and who they cannot. Mari has powerfully captured this issue in ‘Bison’.
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Another harrowing scene where a Kabaddi player from a backward caste was first subjected to the indignity of having his mo
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