About the Book: Fatal Accidents of Birth: Stories of Suffering, Oppression and
Resistance
This 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.
Lachmi 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