{"product_id":"in-the-tiger-s-shadow-the-autobiography-of-an-ambedkarite","title":"In the Tiger’s Shadow  -  The Autobiography of an Ambedkarite","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Namdeo Nimgade\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Christopher S Queen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Navayana\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2010\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 290\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788189059309\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a family of landless bonded laborers in the dustbowl of Sathgaon in western India, Namdeo Nimgade is 14 when he finally manages to attend his village school where, being an ‘untouchable’, he has to stand on the ‘hot verandah and listen to lessons through a window’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, he steadfastly pursues his education. Graduating from Nagpur, Nimgade goes on to complete his Ph.D. in soil science from the University of Wisconsin in 1962-perhaps the first dalit after Ambedkar to earn a doctorate in an American university. In the 1950s, as an associate at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute in Delhi, Nimgade gets to spend time with Dr Ambedkar. Throughout his life, Nimgade remains singularly committed to the Ambedkarite movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNimgade narrates incidents in his life with candor and delightful humor-whether recounting his great-grandfather Ganba’s combat with a tiger in a forest or his ‘forbidden’ love for a nondalit woman. Moving away from the framework of victimhood narratives, Nimgade’s life is an inspiring story of triumph against odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow close to 90, Nimgade lives with his love, his wife Hira, in Nagpur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Our family name Nimgade probably derives from the neem tree, which is known for its healing properties and health benefits. Many people from our untouchable community bear names referring to trees or plants, such as my brother-in-law, Khobragade-which refers to a coconut. There’s similarly Ambagade, referring to mango, Jamgade to guava and Borkar to berry. Quite likely, these arboreal names derive from the peaceful Buddhist period in Indian history, and are cited as further evidence that many of India’s untouchables were previously Buddhist.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Village and Jungle \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tThe mystery of the two pillars \u003cbr\u003e2.\tGrandfather marries a plant \u003cbr\u003e3.\tA dandy and Gandhi \u003cbr\u003e4.\tRunning with the bulls \u003cbr\u003e5.\tThe bullock race \u003cbr\u003e6.\tMy ancestor fights a tiger \u003cbr\u003e7.\tLate to school \u003cbr\u003e8.\tMy father the reformer \u003cbr\u003e9.\tMarriage at age twelve?\u003cbr\u003e10.\tWe learn of Dr Ambedkar \u003cbr\u003e11.\tTattoed \u003cbr\u003e12.\tDreams of food, air, and water \u003cbr\u003e13.\tFrom wrestler to bodyguard \u003cbr\u003ePart II: The City \u003cbr\u003e14.\tThe moneylender and the Queen’s Palace \u003cbr\u003e15.\tThe Specter of Prison \u003cbr\u003e16.\tRiot!\u003cbr\u003e17.\tThe “Temple – Destroying Nimgade!”\u003cbr\u003e18.\tForbidden romance \u003cbr\u003e19.\tA Muslim to the rescue \u003cbr\u003e20.\tFood and Friends \u003cbr\u003e21.\t‘I am not a coolie!’\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Caste Aside \u003cbr\u003e22.\tThe holy stepping stone \u003cbr\u003e23.\tThe lion’s den \u003cbr\u003e24.\tBeggar’s clothes in the nation’s capital \u003cbr\u003e25.\tInto the melting pot \u003cbr\u003e26.\tAn adventure at the Asian Games \u003cbr\u003e27.\tLost in the Jungle \u003cbr\u003e28.\tLearning from wasps \u003cbr\u003e29.\tNimgade from wasps\u003cbr\u003e30.\tNimade the ‘Guru’ \u003cbr\u003e31.\tMother takes precipitous action \u003cbr\u003e32.\t‘Who are you?’\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: My time with Babasaheb Ambedkar \u003cbr\u003e33.\tVisiting Babasaheb’s bungalow\u003cbr\u003e34.\t‘Do not get tempted by power’\u003cbr\u003e35.\tWriting the Indian Constitution \u003cbr\u003e36.\tDr Ambedkar explains life \u003cbr\u003ePart V: Tying the knot \u003cbr\u003e37.\tThe wedding \u003cbr\u003e38.\tA new life for Hira\u003cbr\u003e39.\tFamily and Dr Ambedkar \u003cbr\u003e40.\tCaste out \u003cbr\u003e41.\tLosing Sadhu-Boa \u003cbr\u003ePart VI: A New World \u003cbr\u003e42.\tNo end to knowledge \u003cbr\u003e43.\t‘I will not die a Hindu!’ \u003cbr\u003e44.\tTo the new world \u003cbr\u003e45.\tWarmth in a freezing land\u003cbr\u003e46.\tAppeals to stay \u003cbr\u003e47.\tNo turning back \u003cbr\u003e48.\tDr Nimgade and Dr king \u003cbr\u003e49.\tJourney home \u003cbr\u003e50.\tTo Motherland \u003cbr\u003e51.\tReturn to Delhi \u003cbr\u003e52.\tThe Nimgade Hotel \u003cbr\u003e53.\t‘An untouchable has won world status’ \u003cbr\u003e54.\tA second generation Buddhist wedding \u003cbr\u003e55.\tA village boy returns home \u003cbr\u003e56.\tMy wonderful identity card \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Namdeo Nimgade \/ Navayana \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153759170928,"sku":"29077","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/29077.jpg?v=1793913658","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/in-the-tiger-s-shadow-the-autobiography-of-an-ambedkarite","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}