FATAL ACCIDENTS OF BIRTH
STORIES OF SUFFERING, OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
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Harsh Mander
Harsh Mander, a writer and researcher, presents 17 stories of people who have suffered and overcome discrimination. For instance, after Lachmi Kaur lost almost all the men of her family in the anti-Sikh pogroms of 1984, she single-handedly raised her children and grandchildren. Krishan Gopal decided to build his own shrine to Hanuman after being barred from the village temple by his dominant-caste neighbours. Dhanam, after defying her family and undergoing a sex-change operation, now lives with a large community of eunuchs in a Chennai shanty.
Speaking Tiger, 216 pages, Rs 499
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