{"product_id":"my-shackled-life-a-dalit-womans-autobiography","title":"My Shackled Life: A Dalit Woman's Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sushila Takbhaure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-12-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e This book is the searing autobiography of Sushila Takbhaure, a Dalit woman whose life story reveals not only the brutal machinery of caste but also the intimate cruelties of patriarchy. Born into the Valmiki community of Banapura in Madhya Pradesh, Takbhaure chronicles her struggle to rise from poverty and social stigma to become a teacher, scholar and voice of resistance for her people. Her account moves from the margins of a caste-bound village to the inner spaces of marriage and motherhood in Nagpur, where oppression takes on a different, more personal form, to her life as a Dalit activist fighting for the ideals of Babasaheb Ambedkar across the country.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn her unflinching portrayal of domestic violence and emotional subjugation, Takbhaure shows how Dalit women are trapped within the double bondage of caste and gender, how they are denied dignity both by the upper castes and, often, by the men of their own communities. But the laying bare of these twin injustices in her life is far from an act of despair. Her purpose, as she says, is to show how education, self-respect and solidarity with other women can become tools of liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\nMy Shackled Life is more than a memoir of suffering: it is a courageous act of truth-telling that exposes the rot within India’s social order and asserts the right of a Dalit woman to fashion a life and an identity on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363362772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230693785904,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9789363362772","price":450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71StUuQqCSL.jpg?v=1774786332","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/my-shackled-life-a-dalit-womans-autobiography","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}