Urlabari, Morang District, Nepal: After twenty five years of discrimination from upper-caste neighbors, a group of Dalit in the Morang District have successfully changed the name of their village to “Munal Village.”

According to the latest e-bulletin put out by the Jagaran Media Center (JMC), the village had historically been called different derogatory names by upper-caste residents of the district, including five different names in the past five years. After much effort, the Dalit succeeded in getting the new, permanent name for the village.

Despite two fires, the village has become prosperous, sanitation has improved, and upper-caste attitudes toward its residents are beginning to change, the JMC reported.

JMC, an Advocacy Project partner, is a news service that focuses on the rights of the Dalit, a lower caste that often faces discrimination in Nepal.

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Read the latest JMC e-bulletin.