Untouchable Freedom: A Social History Of A Dalit Community

by Vijay Prashad

This volume is on the Balmikis of Delhi, who work as sanitation workers and keep the city clean. They live in poverty and face sustained discrimination. In response the Balmikis fight to liberate themselves. Untouchable Freedom is the first comprehensive study of this community and traces
their struggles from the 1860s to the present, as they have moved from agricultural labor to urban work.

Genres: India, History, Nonfiction, Asia

196 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2000

About the author

Vijay Prashad is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Darker Nations: A Biography of the Short-Lived Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. His most recent book is Red Star Over the Third World. He writes regularly for Frontline, The Hindu, Alternet and BirGun.