{"product_id":"homes-without-windows-chandu-maheria-society-social-scien","title":"Homes Without Windows by Chandu Maheria (Translated by Hemang Ashwinkumar) [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA pioneering voice of Gujarati Dalit literature, Chandu Maheria has written and edited dozens of books, published thousands of op-eds and organized political movements in a lifelong campaign against caste discrimination. His work moves between thought and action, tracing a life shaped as much by books as by the streets. In this autobiographical account, he charts his journey from grinding poverty in the working-class chawls of east Ahmedabad to a life of reading, writing and political struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Maheria’s writings lay bare the everyday violence of caste prejudice in India, while also capturing a turbulent historical moment in 1980s Gujarat, marked by mass migration, communal tensions and anti-reservation riots. At the same time, his memoir is grounded in intimate detail and lived reality: the daily humiliation of public toilets, children growing up without footwear, chronic hunger, a father’s late-life militant atheism, a mother’s austere resolve and the author’s recurring encounters with illness and mortality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside this personal history runs the story of Maheria’s intellectual formation, from his unsparing engagement with Gandhi’s complex legacy to his arguments with fellow Dalit thinkers. The result is a book that is at once a record of deprivation, a political education and a sustained reckoning with the power structures that continue to divide contemporary India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Society,Social Scien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49007245918458,"sku":"4PYR15EFLD69","price":489.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/9789353459383_1.jpg?v=1786967729","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/homes-without-windows-chandu-maheria-society-social-scien","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}