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Ants Among Elephants

An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Nov 18, 2017NFreaderNWPL rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An eloquent family memoir combining an almost comic style of quickly-flowing anecdotes with intensity of purpose in exposing the workings of the caste system. The last hundred pages or so are particularly strong, contrasting the revolutionary life of the author's uncle with her mother's daily struggle as caste prejudice churns her in and out of various teaching positions and the deeply-ingrained misogyny of her extended family reduces her home life to a hardscrabble existence. Read an excerpt from the book, including an explanation for North American readers of how caste works: http://bostonreview.net/literature-culture/sujatha-gidla-ants-among-elephants