The book is about original Indians. Dalits and tribals living in rural areas of the country who still face miserable poverty, hunger, starvation and who are still denied their fundamental rights of equality and justice. It is about untouchables and scavengers who even today cannot dare to walk on the same path usually used by upper caste Hindus. These are people with whom Vidya Bhushan Rawat has worked to ensure that they get their fundamental rights in a society that is bent upon denying any right to them. The book is a collection of reports from rural areas and the author has himself been part of this whole fight for dignity for Dalits and tribals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Vidya Bhushan Rawat is a well-known social activist, author, free-lance journalist and documentary filmmaker. He has been relentlessly working among tribals and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh and Uttranchal for more than a decade and has been associated with prominent human rights organizations including the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and FIAN International. He heads Social Development Foundation, an NGO that has been involved in grass-root level work among Dalits and tribals. His main work has been generating information and enabling people fight for their land rights. Through land literacy movements undertaken by the SDF he has been able in strengthening people’s movements in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. His published works include Press and Prejudice: an insightful analysis of Hindi media (Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi) and Sanjhi Sanskriti Sanjhi Virasat (Books for Change, New Delhi).
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