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 ...
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 ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Samya
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9788185604916ISBN:8185604916
Description: Used-Good. Published, Kolkata 2006-Samya-***This is a rare or hard to source item. Please allow 14-21 days for delivery. Book in very good condition, shipped in secure and protective packaging*** read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW Translated into English for the first time from the original Hindi, Omprakash ValmikiĘs autobiography talks of growing up in a village near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in an untouchable caste, Chuhra, well before the defiant term Dalit was coined. For the first time, Dalits are writing about their lives themselves. They have long been written about by others, by anthropologists, historians and novelists. Infighting against the gross and ... read more
Description: Used-Good. Published, New Delhi-Timeless Books-***This is a rare or hard to source item. Please allow 14-21 days for delivery. Book in very good condition, shipped in secure and protective packaging*** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Samya
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9788185604633ISBN:8185604630
Description: Reprint. pp. 134. As New. For the first time Dalits are writing about their lives themselves. They have long been written about by others by anthropologists historians and novelists. In fighting against the gross and tremendous injustice that has been their heritage for centuries Dalit writers give voice to their aspirations for achieving equality. Translated into English for the first time from the original Hindi Omprakash Valmiki's autobiography talks of growing up in a village near ... read more
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