Land, Guns, Caste, Woman
The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary
Gita Ramaswamy
This powerful book takes place in 1980s South India, where landless dalits are oppressed by wealthy reddys brandishing whips and guns. Gita Ramaswamy, a former Naxalist and survivor of the Emergency, joins forces with the laborers to fight against the tyrannical landlords. The story is a personal testimony of struggles and victories, with reflections on failures and regrets. The author is an accomplished translator and former Marxist-Leninist activist who has dedicated her life to social justice.
Publish Date
2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.5
ISBN
9788194865414
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-06-17T12:33:47.000Z
“Gita Ramaswamy’s *Land Guns Caste Woman* is a book like no other. Gita chronicles how she constantly debrahminises herself & this forms the bedrock of her self-transformation: she is almost surgical in this process, a reader is compelled to applaud her – source