Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell - by Perumal Murugan & Lakshmi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><em>An exploration on different aspects of casteism based on the personal narratives of 32 people.</em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Caste, as it is experienced in everyday life, is the pièce de résistance of this book. Thirty-two voices narrate how from childhood to adulthood, caste intruded upon their lives--food, clothes, games, gait, love, marriage and every aspect of one's existence including death. Like the editor Perumal Murugan says, caste is like god, it is omnipresent.</p> The contributors write about the myriad ways in which they have experienced caste. It may be in the form of forgoing certain kinds of food, or eating food at secluded corners of a household, or drinking tea out of a crushed plastic cup, or drinking black coffee in a coconut shell or water poured from above into a cupped hand. Such experiences may also take the form of forbidden streets, friends disapproved of and love denied. And when one leaves behind the fear of caste while living one's life, there is still death to deal with.</p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Pre-planned, very proficient, professional and sharp which was composed and researched...was very impactful.</p>--Readerfromastar<br><br>...nowhere has caste been spoken about in the public sphere with such explicitness as in this book--Perumal Murugan in the Introduction<br>
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