About the Book: Fatal Accidents of Birth : Stories of Oppression and Struggle
This volume collects twenty-one 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...
Lachmi Kaur, who lost nearly all male members of her family in the anti-Sikh
riots of 1984, 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,