Vasant Moon's Growing up Untouchable in India is the first Dalit autobiography to be published in English. Moon's story is about his vasti, or neighborhood, and a community of people considered to be at the bottom of the caste hierarchy. It reveals a complex yet rich slum culture where Dalits are not seen merely as victims but as a community with strong bonds, striving and struggling to shed their sense of inferiority. Although a story of Moon's life, this book ...
