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_bKES/T
100 1 _aKesharshivam, B
245 1 4 _aThe whole truth and nothing but the truth: a Dalit's life/
_cB. Kesharshivam ; translated from the Gujarati by Gita Chaudhari.
260 _aKolkata :
_bSamya,
_c2008.
300 _axxxii, 307 p. ;
_c22 cm.
_bill.
500 _aAutobiography. Captures the chilling reality of a childhood spent playing with carcasses in a bonemeal factory, snatching coins from corpses in the cremation grounds, of being refused water at the village well and the various stages of a remarkable life. This autobiography reveals what modern India is like as it plunges along its path of economic growth.
505 _aPart I: Growing Up; Part II: At Work.
650 0 _aAuthors, Gujarati
650 0 _aSocial conditions
700 _aChaudhuri, Gita
942 _cWB16