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Growing up untouchable in India


A Dalit autobigraphy Vasant Moon
Gail Omvedt trans.
Vistar Publications, 2001
Rs 400

The first of its kind to be published in English, Moon's autobiography reveals a complex, rich slum culture where Dalits are seen as a community with strong bonds, struggling and striving to shed their sense of inferiority. It includes an account of BR Abdedkar and Dalit conversions to Buddhism.


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