The Chamcha Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chamcha Age write by . This book was released on 1982. The Chamcha Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Chamcha Age
The Chamcha Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chamcha Age write by Kānṣīrām. This book was released on 1982. The Chamcha Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Satanic Verses write by Salman Rushdie. This book was released on 2000-12. The Satanic Verses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations.
Kanshiram
Kanshiram - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kanshiram write by Badri Narayan. This book was released on 2014-04-18. Kanshiram available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Venerated as a dalit icon, Kanshiram (1934–2006) is regarded as being next only to Ambedkar today. This book illuminates his journey, from the early years in rural Punjab and with Ambedkarites in Pune, to his launching BAMCEF, an umbrella organization uniting backward castes, scheduled tribes, dalits and minorities, and eventually the Bahujan Samaj Party in 1984. Drawing on myriad oral and written sources, Badri Narayan shows how Kanshiram mobilized dalits with his homespun idiom, cycle rallies and, uniquely, the use of local folk heroes and myths, rousing their self-respect, and how he struck opportunistic alliances with higher-caste parties to seize power for dalits. Evocatively described is his extraordinary relationship with Mayawati, right until his death, and the role she has played in fulfilling his vision, during and after his lifetime. Contrasting the approach of the two men, Narayan highlights the turn Kanshiram gave to Ambedkar’s ideas. Unlike Ambedkar, who sought its annihilation, he saw caste as a basis for forging a dalit identity and a source of political empowerment. Authoritative and insightful, this is a rare portrait of the man who changed the face of dalit society and, indeed, of Indian politics.
Behenji
Behenji - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behenji write by Ajoy Bose. This book was released on 2009-03-09. Behenji available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This revised edition of Behenji, first published in 2008, examines Mayawati’s record as chief minister since 2007. It pinpoints the reasons behind the BSP’s poor performance in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, her return to the Dalit agenda prior to the 2012 assembly elections, as well as its surprising results. Also scrutinized are Mayawati’s performance as a dalit leader and administrator, besides the rampant corruption and failure of her social engineering project during these years. Though no longer likely to become prime minister, the author sees Mayawati playing a pivotal role in UP, and, indeed, Indian politics post the 2014 elections.
