About this title: 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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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 8-15-08
ISBN-13:9780231129732ISBN:0231129734
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780231129732ISBN:0231129734
Description: New. Dalits constitute about one sixth of India's population. Spread over the entire country, and belonging to many religions, they have become a major political force. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780231129732ISBN:0231129734
Description: Omprakash Valmiki Tells of his upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. Valmiki recounts his heroic struggle to survive perpetual physical and mental persecution; the influence of the great Dalit political... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231129732ISBN:0231129734
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231129732ISBN:0231129734
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Omprakash Valmiki Tells of his upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. Valmiki recounts his heroic struggle to survive perpetual physical and mental persecution; the influence of the great Dalit political leader B. R. Ambedkar; and his transformation into a speaker bearing witness to the exploitation of ... read more
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