

Years later, it saves his son Baliah from the fate reserved for most Dalits: a life of humiliation and bonded labour. This triggers his migration from Vangapally, his ancestral village in the Karimnagar District of Telangana the single most important event that would free his family and future generations from caste oppression.

The author is a well-known academician and champion of the Dalit cause.Ībout the Book: My Father Baliah Poised to inherit a huge tract of land gifted by the Nizam to his father, twenty one year old Narsiah loses it to a feudal lord. The story of three generations of a Dalit family, told in an honest voice A rags to riches narrative would appeal to lay readers as well as to those who want to know more about Dalit history and its success stories.

The extraordinary story of a Dalit family in southern India Key Feature.
