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003			JGU
005			20250226020005.0
007			Paper bound
008			021224s2003 nyub b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2002041710
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035			_a(OCoLC)ocm51511246
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050	0	0	_aDS422.C3 _bV275 2003
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100	1		_aValmiki, Omaprakasa _d1950- _929055
245	1	0	_aJoothan _ba dalit`s life
260			_aKolkata _bSamya _c2010
300			_axlii,134p. _b1 map ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	1		_a"Omprakash Valmiki's Joothan, an autobiographical account of his birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s, is one of the first portrayals of Dalit life in north India from an insider's perspective. "Joothan" literally means scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or for the family pet in a middle-class urban home. It is related to the word "jootha," which means polluted, and such scraps are characterized as "joothan" only if someone else eats them. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for their subsistence for centuries. The word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of this community, which has lived at the bottom of India's social pyramid for millennia. Although untouchability was legally abolished in the constitution of the newly independent India in 1949, Dalits continue to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aDalits _zIndia _xHistory. _929056
700	1		_aMukherjee, Arun Prabha _929057
900			_bTOC
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