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The tale not only gives
you a glimpse of India’s
dark history of caste
discrimination but also
remains highly
optimistic on the
ultimate triumph of hard
work, determination, and
intolerance toward
injustice……….Untouchables
is peppered with
wonderful pithy stories
of the struggle against
injustice toward lower
classes. The book is not
only a reflection on
Indian society, as it
existed but an important
part of our history too.
The book concludes
fantastically with an
afterward by the
Author’s daughter who
was born and brought up
in the United States-
far from the
discrimination that her
grandparents faced. Yet
traces of the wounds
persists if you read
between the lines but
the good part is that,
there is hope for
change.
Ipatrix
(March 13,2006)
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