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UNTOUCHABLES is the
story of a Dalit
(Untouchable) family’s
escape from prejudice
and destitution. It is a
story of hope, of what
mankind may achieve once
it denies its ‘fate’ and
takes its destiny in its
own hands, a simple tale
of three
generations…………This is a
truly inspiring book, a
tribute, though, to one
family’s quest for
dignity and the
recognition of their
human worth, rather than
to India’s own success
in eradicating the evils
of the caste system, for
its inequalities and
iniquities persist.
There is much here both
for the foreigner,
ignorant of much that is
hidden in India, and for
Indians who are all too
familiar with caste.
This book is a sign that
change is possible in
India and that indeed it
is, if slowly, underway.
Nigel Collett in
The Asian Review of
Books (U.S.)
(January 8, 2006)
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