Thus two of the respondents in this book of interviews of dalits of Gujarat, pinpoint experiences of discrimination and assertion that co-exist in India today, suggesting the complexities of social and political change. It was to understand how dalits see themselves, their past, their present and their future that impelled the authors, Fernando Franco, Jyotsna Macwan and Suguna Ramanathan, sympathetic and informed interlocutors, to engage in lengthy interviews ...
