Endless filth : the saga of the Bhangis (Record no. 60899)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 1842772678
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.9363
Item number MAR/E
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Mari Marcel Thekaekara
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Endless filth : the saga of the Bhangis
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London
-- New York
Name of publisher Zed Books
Year of publication 2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 126 p.
Other physical details ill., map
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Reprint. Originally published : Bangalore : Books for Change, 1999.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This is the telling indictment of India's lack of resolve over the past 100 years to get rid of the manual scavenging and transportation of human excrement. Since Ghandi raised the question of untouchability in 1901 there have been reports, recommendations and funding, but so far little has changed. Almost every state government denies the existence of the problem. The author suggests that there is a silent and shameful opposition in India to the eradication of untouchability. The Bhangis are trapped in a caste-ordained system which impedes rehabilitation and movement into alternative work. Can attitudes change, or will the dignity, justice and equality enshrined in the constitution remain no nearer to the Bhangis than it was in 1947?
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Bhangis.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Refuse collectors
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Koha item type BK
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Kannur University Central Library Stack 20/03/2021 305.9363 MAR/E 52604 BK

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