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Revelatory account of the 'untouchables' experience in the making of India
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
by Sujatha Gidla
(Daunt Books, £14.99)
SUJATHA GIDLA’S new book is not about the modern India of Bollywood, nuclear weapons and a thriving economy. Set at the end of British colonial rule it is the story of her family — “untouchables” who are part of the caste system which dictates their role in society and even where they live.
The title of the book sums up the “untouchable” experience as an ant among elephants, at the bottom of a system that is determined to squash you.
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