Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Caste as Lived Experience by C.S. Lakshmi, Perumal Murugan

Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Caste as Lived Experience

C.S. Lakshmi, Perumal Murugan

252 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Caste, as it is experienced in everyday life, is the pièce de résistance of this book. Thirty-two voices narrate how from childhood to adulthood, caste intruded upon their lives—food, clothes, games, gait, love, marriage and every aspect of one’s ...

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