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  • Joothan

    An Untouchable's Life

    by Omprakash Valmiki, Arun Prabha Mukherjee ...
    Translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee ...
    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 community forced to live at the bottom of India's ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

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  • I Belong to No One

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