Joothan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: August 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780231129725
Subjects: Biography: general; Modern fiction; Social classes; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; Ethnic Cultures - General; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Dalits; History; India
First sentence: OMPRAKASH VALMIKI'S Joothan is among the first texts in Hindi that identifies itself as a part of Dalit literature, one of the most important literary movements to emerge in postindependence India.