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Joothan: An Untouchable's Life
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Omaprakasa Valmiki, Arun Prabha Mukherjee, Omprakash Valmiki
Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a ...
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