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The weave of my life

a Dalit woman's memoirs

by Urmilā Pavāra

2009 283 pages eng

"Activist and award-winning writer Urmilla Pawar recounts three generations of Dalit women who struggled to overcome the burden of their caste. Dalits, or untouchables, make up India's poorest class. Forbidden from performing anything but the most undesirable and unsanitary duties, for years Dalits …

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