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Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors. [1] The book was inspired by his aunt's experience of being ostracized for sharing a meal with a Muslim woman. [2] [3] The plot of this book, Anand's first, revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste ...
Halima Khatun (25 August 1933 – 3 July 2018) [1] was a Bangladeshi activist, writer and academic. She took part in Bengali Language Movement in 1952 along with other activists including Rawshan Ara Bachchu. [2] She was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2019. [3] [4]
She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1969, becoming the first scholar to complete a doctoral thesis on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a key figure in the Untouchable Movement in India. [1] [2] Zelliot's meticulous scholarship extended to the study of Bhakti saints, women saint-poets, untouchable saints, and Marathi Dalit ...
Untouchable, a 1935 novel by Mulk Raj Anand; The Untouchables, a 1957 autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley; The Untouchable, a 1997 roman à clef by John Banville; The Untouchables: Who Were They?
It has been described as a novel, and as a linked series of short stories [1] or fictional portraits. [2] First published in the United States, the connected stories explore the extensive immigration from North Africa to Europe through the lives of four Moroccan characters: two men and two women.
7.26.2021: I've added a section on some of the debates surrounding the novel within critical scholarship (e.g., representations of the dalit community and of Gandhi). This article would benefit from more on postcolonial approaches and literary themes within the novel (e.g., the role of clothing and postcolonial hybridity).
Halima Bashir is the fictitious name of a Sudanese medical doctor, who is the author of Tears of the Desert, a memoir about women's experiences with genocide and war in Darfur. She worked as a doctor in rural Sudan, before being abused at the hands of the National Intelligence and Security Service after reporting truthfully to United Nations ...
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