About the author(s) gail omvedt is currently a senior fellow at the nehru memorial museum and library and the research director of the krantivir trust a prolific writer, she has published a large number of books including dalit visions (1975), violence against women: new theories and new movement in india (1991) and dalits and democratic revolution (1994) besides having translated growing up untouchable in india: a dalit autobiography
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