Sathyavathi

Vasanth Kannabiran

Women Unlimited

124 pages, RS. 175

This book captures the story of a Dalit woman in Telangana struggling to survive and acquire an education in the face of overwhelming adversity—grinding poverty, discrimination, violence. It documents Sathyavathi’s determination to work for her community, the hostility and intolerance she faced, and her hard-won success, all accomplished without political backing. Without self-pity or rancour, and with exceptional irony and clarity, she relates her life’s journey to the feminist scholar Vasanth Kannabiran.