| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | DAU | 891.4687109 PAW (Browse shelf) | Available | 035523 |
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| 891.4637 NAG Seven sixes are forty three | 891.46371 NAG Ravan and Eddie | 891.46371 SAT Man who tried to remember | 891.4687109 PAW Baluta | 891.47 BET Narasinghrao | 891.47 BHA આયનો / Aayno | 891.47 BHA શૈલજા સાગર / Shailaja sagar |
Translated from the Marathi
The first Dalit autobiography to be published, Baluta caused a sensation when it first appeared, in Marathi, in 1978. It quickly acquired the status of a classic of modern Indian literature and was also a bestseller in Hindi and other major languages. This is the first time that it has been translated into English. Set in Mumbai and rural Maharashtra of the 1940s and ’50s, it describes in shocking detail the practice of untouchability and caste violence. But it also speaks of the pride and courage of the Dalit community that often fought back for dignity.
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