No untouchables studied with me in my school or later at college. When they asked for water, it was poured into their cupped hands, from a distance. It brought to the sur- face, as a scalpel penetrating deep into the flesh, the details of my childhood and adolescence in a small town in northern India where casteism and untouchability were accepted, where untouch- ables cleaned our latrines and carried the excrement away on their heads. Map of India: Places of Significance in Joothanįoreword Arun Prabha Mukherjee Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan is among the few books that have had a profound effect on my consciousness. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Ĭontents foreword by Arun Prabha Mukherjee ix preface to the hindi edition xiii introduction by Arun Prabha Mukherjee xvii Joothan 1 glossary 155 DS422.C3V275 2003 305.5፱122፱0954-dc21 2002041710 designed by lisa chovnick Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. © 2003 Omprakash Valmiki English translation copyright © 2003 Arun Prabha Mukherjee All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Valmiki, Omprakasa 1950– Joothan/Omprakash Valmiki translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee.
This edition is not for sale in South Asia. Joothan A Dalit’s Life Omprakash Valmiki Translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee columbia university press New YorkĬolumbia university press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Joothan: A Dalit’s Life was first published by Samya, an imprint of Bhatkal and Sen, 16 Southern Avenue, Kolkata 700 026, India, in 2003.
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