The Prisons We Broke - Kamble, Baby (Bombay Orient Longman, 2009)
Writing on the lives of the Mahars of Maharastra, Baby Kamble reclaims memory to locate the Mahar society before it was impacted by Babasaheb Ambedkar, and tells a consequent tale of redemption wrought by a fiery brand of social and selfawareness. The Prisons we Broke provides a graphic insight into the oppresive, caste and patriarchal tenets of the Indian society, byt nowhere does the writing descend to self-pity. With verve and colour the narrative brings to life, among other things, the festivals, rituals, superstitions, snot-nosed children, hard live and hardy women of the Mahar community.
includes index and biblioraphy