Local people, among them several teachers and doctors, are agitating over the loss of tree cover and have formed a committee -- the Vriksh Bachao Samiti -- to protect the trees.
What the film captures is the way in which caste, so deeply rooted as an organising principle in Indian society, undergoes some transformations after Independence but remains just as enduring and fundamental a law, a social logic by which to allocate reward and respect.
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