01624nam a22002297a 4500999001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075028003300093082001700126100003000143245002400173260004200197300002900239365000800268520089100276650001501167655004901182700001601231942000901247952013801256  c50359d5035920190507222134.0181112b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789385288203  aDonated by : Amiya Chaudhuri  a891.4687 PAW  aDaya Pawara; Jerry Pinto  aBalutac/Daya Pawar  aNew Delhi b: Speaking Tigerc, 2015.  axvi, 299 pages c; 20 cm  b339  aThe first Dalit autobiography to be published, Baluta caused a sensation when it first appeared, in Marathi, in 1978. It quickly acquired the status of a classic of modern Indian literature and was also a bestseller in Hindi and other major languages. This is the first time that it has been translated into English. Set in Mumbai and rural Maharashtra of the 1940s and ’50s, it describes in shocking detail the practice of untouchability and caste violence. But it also speaks of the pride and courage of the Dalit community that often fought back for dignity. Most unusually, Baluta is also a frank account of the author’s own failings and contradictions—his passions, prejudices and betrayals—as also those of some leading lights of the Dalit movement. In addition, it is a rare record of life in Maharashtra’s villages and in the slums, chawls and gambling dens of Mumbai.  aLiterature  aDalits -- India -- Maharasthra -- Biography.  aJerry Pinto  cBOOK  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2018-11-12l2m1o891.4687 PAWp25775r2019-11-01 00:00:00s2019-10-01w2018-11-12yBOOKzReference Book