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Bezig met laden... Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern Indiadoor Narendra Jadhav
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Borrowed ( ) The caste system in India has left many people in a position of being total societal outcasts, even while being called on to perform many of the most onerous and unpleasant tasks for an aristocracy that despises them. This book details the history of the untouchable caste from the point of view of a scholar who was himself born untouchable. Although many claim that the caste system in India is defunct, and that untouchables are no longer outcasts, the author demonstrates that this is only, at best, partially true. Well written and interesting, told through his parents story more than his own. It is true story which is a historic piece. It takes us though the life of Ambedkar and downtroden It shows the atrocities done by Hinduism on lower caste people. The way of presentation is brilliant due to first hand experience of writer being family member. It is a MUST READ to know the caste system prevailed in India. It also gives the strength for the untouchable to reach the highest in their life. It presents pain and gives light to reach the top. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian, and every sixth Indian is an untouchable. For thousands of years the untouchables, or Dalits, the people at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, have been treated as subhuman. Their story has rarely been told. This remarkable book achieves something altogether unprecedented: it gives voice to India's voiceless. In Untouchables, Narendra Jadhav tells the awe-inspiring story of his family's struggle for equality and justice in India. While most Dalits had accepted their lowly position as fate, Jadhav's father rebelled against the oppressive caste system and fought against all odds to forge for his children a destiny that was never ordained. Based on his father's diaries and family stories, Jadhav has written the triumphant story of his parents -- their great love, unwavering courage, and eventual victory in the struggle to free themselves and their children from the caste system. Jadhav vividly brings his parents' world to light and unflinchingly documents the life of untouchables -- the hunger, the cruel humiliations, the perpetual fear and brutal abuse. Compelling and deeply compassionate, Untouchables is a son's tribute to his parents, an illuminating chronicle of one of the most important moments in Indian history, and an eye-opening work of nonfiction that gives readers access and insight into the lives of India's 165 million Dalits, whose struggle for equality continues even today. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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