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The Scar / by K. A. Gunasekaran, translated from the Tamil by V. Kadambari
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TextPublication details: Bombay: Orient Longman, 2009Description: xviii+98pISBN: - 9788125037057
- 305.56`5482 G9752
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Gwowing up as a boy from the Parayar caste, in the milieu of Christian, Hindu and Muslim communities, K. A. Gunasekaran narrates th familiar tale of caste oppression and prejudice prevalent in the villages of Tamil Nadu. As the narrative unfolds, the reader is shown how the low caste negotiates differently with the three religious communities. The deep pain of the Paraya surfaces through the risible anecdotes that ridicule the grievously unjust practices of the upper castes.
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| 305.56`54 O54 Jotirao Phule and the Ideology of Social Revolution in India | 305.56`54792 K152 The Prisons We Broke | 305.56`54792 M6214 Dalits' Encounter With Christianity : A Case Study of Mahars in Maharashtra | 305.56`5482 G9752 The Scar / | 305.5`68 T443 Power Politics and Social Justice : Backward Castes in Karnataka | 305.5`680954 C4361 Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India | 305.5`688 R2151 The Caste Question : Dalits and the Politics of Modern India |
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Gwowing up as a boy from the Parayar caste, in the milieu of Christian, Hindu and Muslim communities, K. A. Gunasekaran narrates th familiar tale of caste oppression and prejudice prevalent in the villages of Tamil Nadu. As the narrative unfolds, the reader is shown how the low caste negotiates differently with the three religious communities. The deep pain of the Paraya surfaces through the risible anecdotes that ridicule the grievously unjust practices of the upper castes.
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