The Fragile Life of the Atrocities Act (Record no. 70879)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788194631385 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Brijwasi Books Distributors |
| Distributor address | : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi. |
| Bill Number | : BW/000680 |
| Bill Date | : 25/09/2026 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 342.54 FUC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fuchs, Sandhya. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Fragile Life of the Atrocities Act |
| Remainder of title | : Seeking Justice against Caste Crimes. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Sandhya Fuchs. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | , New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Navayana |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 330p. |
| Dimensions | : 24cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 419 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Ragu, a Dalit, meets Karishma, a Brahmin, in college in Jaipur. They fall in love and marry in secret. They have a child. The girl’s parents invite them home, beat Ragu up, and throw him in a sewage canal. He’s rescued and admitted to a hospital. He receives a text from Karishma that says she’s divorcing him. A broken Ragu kills himself, coming under a running train. For his parents, this is murder. They fight for justice using the Atrocities Act.<br/><br/>The Prevention of Atrocities Act of 1989 marks an important turn in tackling hate crimes in India. But availing this law entails fighting an entire legal and state apparatus that is bent on subverting justice. Sandhya Fuchs, a European raised in India, adopted by the Dalit families she works with, spends time with cases filed under the Act in Rajasthan. The term ‘case’ disguises personal stories of loss, trauma, determination, and hope for a future free from inequality, hate, and violence.<br/><br/>The Fragile Life of the Atrocities Act lays bare the minute ways in which survivors, activists, and legal aid NGOs unlace and rearrange the structural allegiance of India’s criminal legal system to Savarna worldviews: a system that holds the Atrocities Act, and thousands like Ragu–Karishma, captive.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Atrocities act |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fragile Life |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Caste Crimes |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sandhya Fuchs. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 09/10/2026 | Brijwasi Book Distributors | 419.00 | 342.54 FUC | 31865 | 09/10/2026 | 09/10/2026 | Books |
