{"product_id":"fatal-accidents-of-birth-stories-of-suffering-oppression-and-resistance-9789386338129","title":"Fatal Accidents of Birth: Stories of Suffering, Oppression and Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects seventeen stories of women and men who, simply because they were born poor, or a particular gender, or into a certain caste or religion, fell prey to the many atrocities and indignities endemic to contemporary India. Some resisted, survived, and soldier on. Some did not.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLachmi Kaur lost almost all the male members of her family in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. She then overcame despair to singlehandedly bring up her children and grandchildren with fierce love and pride. With great courage of conviction, Krishan Gopal, a Dalit man from Nimoda in Rajasthan, decided to build his own shrine to Hanuman after being forbidden from the village temple by his upper-caste neighbours. What followed was persecution, violence and exile from the village which lasted all his life. At twenty-eight, Dandapani defied his family--which could not accept him for what he was--left home, and underwent a sex-change operation. Now known as Dhanam, she lives with her extended family of eunuchs in a Chennai shanty. And, in a chilling first-person account, Raheem tells of his village in Muzaffarnagar which, after cynical political manipulation, went from amity to a communal conflagration in just a week.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFatal Accidents of Birth\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, challenging book. It tells us of the many ways in which we inflict violence upon each other--most of all by choosing to not see. And as it does so, this necessary book ensures that these stories will find their rightful place in our consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789386338129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Harsh Mander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096341151925,"sku":"9789386338129","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_82ff4f21-494a-477a-bff4-b3958cef82b5.jpg?v=1692805715","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fatal-accidents-of-birth-stories-of-suffering-oppression-and-resistance-9789386338129","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}