The ballad of Bant Singh, a qissa of courage, Nirupama Dutt
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- Bant Singh
- Burj Jhabbar (India) -- Biography
- Gang rape -- India -- Burj Jhabbar
- Agricultural laborers -- India -- Burj Jhabbar -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Labor leaders -- India -- Burj Jhabbar -- Biography
- Dalits -- India -- Burj Jhabbar -- Biography
- Dalits + Crimes against -- India -- Burj Jhabbar
- Caste-based discrimination -- India -- Burj Jhabbar
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The ballad of Bant Singh, a qissa of courage, Nirupama Dutt
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eng
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Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The ballad of Bant Singh
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dictionaries
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Nirupama Dutt
Sub title
a qissa of courage
Summary
On the evening of 5th January 2006, Bant Singh, a Dalit agrarian labourer and activist in Punjab's Jhabar village, was ambushed and brutally beaten by upper-caste Jat men armed with iron rods and axes. He lost both his arms and a leg in the attack. It was punishment for having fought for justice for his minor daughter who had been gang-raped. But his spirit was not broken, and he continues to fight for equality and dignity for millions like him, inspiring them with his revolutionary songs and his courage. Journalist and writer Nirupama Dutt tells Bant Singh's story in this powerful book which is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and a comment on the deep fault lines in Punjabi and Indian society
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