num_pages: 186
description: This volume is on the Balmikis of Delhi, who work as sanitation workers and keep the city clean. They live in poverty and face sustained discrimination. In response the Balmikis fight to liberate themselves. Untouchable Freedom is the first comprehensive study of this community and tracestheir struggles from the 1860s to the present, as they have moved from agricultural labor to urban work.
language: English
title: Untouchable Freedom: A Social History Of A Dalit Community
titlecomplete: Untouchable Freedom: A Social History Of A Dalit Community
genres: History, India, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Oxford University Press