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Sanjay Jatav’s story is one of immense defiance. He rode a horse drawn carriage for his wedding procession to his bride’s village, an upper-caste dominated village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Something which hasn’t happened for over 80 years. We travelled to his village and his wife’s village to hear his story and document the current scenario in the villages.