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Untouchables
My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
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About The Book
In Untouchables, Narendra Jadhav tells the awe-inspiring story of his family's struggle for equality and justice in India. While most Dalits had accepted their lowly position as fate, Jadhav's father rebelled against the oppressive caste system and fought against all odds to forge for his children a destiny that was never ordained.
Based on his father's diaries and family stories, Jadhav has written the triumphant story of his parents -- their great love, unwavering courage, and eventual victory in the struggle to free themselves and their children from the caste system. Jadhav vividly brings his parents' world to light and unflinchingly documents the life of untouchables -- the hunger, the cruel humiliations, the perpetual fear and brutal abuse.
Compelling and deeply compassionate, Untouchables is a son's tribute to his parents, an illuminating chronicle of one of the most important moments in Indian history, and an eye-opening work of nonfiction that gives readers access and insight into the lives of India's 165 million Dalits, whose struggle for equality continues even today.
Product Details
- Publisher: Scribner (October 11, 2005)
- Length: 320 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743281812
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Raves and Reviews
"A loving paean to courageous parents, and an indicting portrait of prejudice in modern-day India. This Indian bestseller will strike a chord in the U.S."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Captures the life of India's villages and Bombay's slums with an anthropologist's precision and a novelist's humanity."
-- Asia Times
"A dramatic piece of writing that forces us to acknowledge the inhumanity and injustice of a social order that treats humans worse than animals."
-- The Tribune
"It's a story about dreams coming true -- the kind that audiences all over the world find irresistible."
-- The Hindu
"A searing narrative of a Dalit family's odyssey through oppression."
-- Sahara Times
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