Publisher's Synopsis
"Still Untouchable: Voices and Struggles of Dalits in Modern India and Nepal" is a piercing journey into the lived realities of those long cast aside-the untouchable Dalits.
From dusty village roads to urban universities, from the echoes of Dr. Ambedkar's call to resistance to the silent tears of a Dalit woman denied justice, this book uncovers the brutal continuity of caste. While India and Nepal claim progress, millions of untouchable Dalits still face social exclusion, violence, humiliation, and denial of dignity in every corner of life.
This work doesn't just explore history-it confronts the present.
In modern India, where education and technology thrive, Dalit children still sit apart in classrooms, and Dalit youth still wrestle with identity and shame. In modern Nepal, Dalit sanitation workers, artists, and activists fight every day to be seen as human first.
Through deeply researched chapters, heart-wrenching testimonies, and real-life stories like that of Rohit Vemula, this book unveils how caste is not a relic-it is a raging reality. We meet Dalit women, triply burdened by caste, class, and gender, who carry invisible scars while fueling resistance. We listen to elders who remember bonded labor and youth who dare to dream.
This is more than a book about Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India. It is a call-to listen, to witness, and to act.
