Dalit Mother Grieving For Her Murdered Son

KARISAKULAM, INDIA - OCTOBER 1: The mother of Perumal Radhakrishnan, center in blue, and his wife, 2nd right in red, cry out in grief a day after he, a member of the Dalit caste, was killed by neighboring upper caste Thevars October 1, 1997 in Karisakulam, India. Radhakrishnan, the leader of the Dalits in his small village, had been watching television in a house of upper caste Thevars when angry Thevars dragged him out of the house and killed him for defying the rigid caste hierarchy. The Dalit, or Untouchable, community in rural Karisakulam has been locked in a caste war with members from the upper castes. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)