India, April 22 -- Actor Vinod Suryavanshi, best known for a supporting role in the popular show Panchayat, recently opened up about facing extreme poverty and caste discrimination while growing up in Karnataka. The actor talked about how the caste divide still exists in his native village, while talking about some of the harsh realities he faced growing up there.

In an interaction with Siddharth Kannan on his podcast, Vinod spoke about his ancestral village in Karnataka and how growing up there made him aware of the caste divide. "In my village in Karnataka, casteism is still prevalent, even today. There are two areas in that village - one for the upper castes and one for the lower castes. The area where the Dalits live is separate from...