Growing up Untouchable in India. A Dalit Autobiography.

MOON, VASANT.

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Language: English

Published by Rowman & Littlefield., Lanham., 2000

0742508811 / 9780742508811

Series: Book 2 of 24 - Asian Voices

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Translated by Gail Omvedt. Maps, black and white photographic and line illustrations, xviii + 203pp, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "There is much in Vasant Moon's extraordinary story of his vasti, his childhood neighbourhood in India, that would probably be true of any urban ghetto anywhere in the world. But there is much that is peculiarly and vividly Indian. In this first autobiography of a so-called Untouchable, we learn about the inescapable hierarchy imposed by caste, based on ancient principles of heriditary pollution. We see the unmatched importance of the heroic Dr. B. R. Ambedkar for India's awakened and newly ambitious Dalits. We feel, viscerally, Nagpur's heat and the joy brought by the monsoon. Vasant Moon's Vasti, the first Dalit autobiography to be published in English, is a moving and eloquent testament to a uniquely Indian life as well as to the universal human spirit." (Publisher's description).

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Title
Growing up Untouchable in India. A Dalit Autobiography.
Author
MOON, VASANT.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield., Lanham.
Publication year
2000
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0742508811
ISBN 13
9780742508811
Series
Book 2 of 24: Asian Voices
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