Summary of the documentary : LAXMI ORANG : RISING FROM THE GRAVE
All Adivasi Students’
Association of Assam ( AASAA) organised a meeting at Dakshin Beltola High
School Field, Guwahati, on 24th Nov. 2007 ( Saturday), to demand Schedule
Tribe Status for the Adivasi Community of
Assam. Adivasis from different
corners of Assam gathered in the
meeting. The Adivasis organized a protest rally and brought out a procession
but suddenly, for reasons unknown to
them, they had to disperse here and there resulting in a chaotic situation . And
a clash between some local people and the Adivasis started off. This clash was a turning point
in the life of a simple minded young Adivasi girl Laxmi
Orang as tragedy struck her life in the form of an ugly episode which is beyond
the imagination of any civilized society. Her dream to see Guwahati by joining in the meeting was shattered when
she was stripped in the broad day light of Guwahati city by some miscreants.
She ran naked looking desperately for help in the midst of all the bedlam.
Laxmi Orang was psychologically traumatised.
The entire nation was shocked to have seen this brutal and inhuman act.
She was forced to become a modern day Drapaudi. 24th Nov. 2007, known as Beltola Incident, is imprinted in the history of Assam as the
darkest day.
But that black Saturday also
marked the beginning of a journey from innocence to experience in Laxmi Orang’s
life. Laxmi Orang fought back with strong will power, determination and
unyielding spirit to serve and give justice
to her community and the entire woman folk. She has resurrected herself as
a strong voice of the voiceless woman, an
influential leader, a selfless
social worker, a carrier of Adivasi culture and tradition and thus has risen from the grave…
