ANTI‑CASTE AWARENESS MONTH
Film Screening & Director’s Q&A
Rutgers University Anti‑Caste Collective
in collaboration with
Department of Religion, Rutgers
presents
Wounds of Pyre
Inside the Minds of Cremation Workers
DIRECTORS
Babita Gautam & Sahil Valmiki
“Wounds of Pyre” explores the lives of the Dom community, cremation workers historically burdened with the caste‑imposed duty of cremating the dead. The film highlights invisibility, generational trauma, and emotional resilience.