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208 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231129725
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10 July 2003
Description
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...
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208 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231129725
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10 July 2003
Description
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...