Joothan : An untouchables's life / Ompraksh Valmiki ; translated by Arun Prabha Mukerjee

By:

Valmiki, Ompraksh

Contributor(s):

Prabha, Mukerjee Arun [ Trans.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi, India : Columbia University press, 2003Description: 158pISBN:

9780231129732

Subject(s):

Against Caste

Summary: 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 social pyramid.

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Originally in Hindi.

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 social pyramid.

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