Ants among elephants : an untouchable family and the making of modern India

"The stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary. Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Canadian missionaries in the 1930s, making it poss...

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Auteur principal : Gidla Sujatha (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Ants among elephants : an untouchable family and the making of modern India / Sujatha Gidla
Publié : New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2017
Description matérielle : 1 volume (306 pages)
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