The weave of my life
Urmilā Pawar
The weave of my life : a Dalit woman's memoirs /Urmilā Pawar - Kolkata :Stree Publications ,2018 - xxviii, 283 page ; 24 cm
Activist and award-winning writer Urmilla Pawar recounts three generations of Dalit women who struggled to overcome the burden of their caste. Dalits, or untouchables, make up India's poorest class. Forbidden from performing anything but the most undesirable and unsanitary duties, for years Dalits were believed to be racially inferior and polluted by nature and were therefore forced to live in isolated
9788185604909
Donated by :Amiya Chaudhuri
Literature
Dalits -- India -- Maharashtra -- Biography.--Political activists
891.5 PAW
The weave of my life : a Dalit woman's memoirs /Urmilā Pawar - Kolkata :Stree Publications ,2018 - xxviii, 283 page ; 24 cm
Activist and award-winning writer Urmilla Pawar recounts three generations of Dalit women who struggled to overcome the burden of their caste. Dalits, or untouchables, make up India's poorest class. Forbidden from performing anything but the most undesirable and unsanitary duties, for years Dalits were believed to be racially inferior and polluted by nature and were therefore forced to live in isolated
9788185604909
Donated by :Amiya Chaudhuri
Literature
Dalits -- India -- Maharashtra -- Biography.--Political activists
891.5 PAW
