The book is about caste competition in feudal Rajasthan in the mid-20th century. About groups segregated by highcaste Hindus in the Marvar desert region. Castes heavily burdened by ageold customs prescribed by the feudal elite. The behaviour towards ritual untouchables. Attempts to rise in the society by leaving work disdained by others. As narrated by Tan Dan, a villager of the area.Tan Dan shows, how the villagers try to adjust to two caste ranking systems, one religious and one f...

In the 1970s Baya and other children in the Rajasthan region, India, worked as sweepers at houses, where they were treated as untouchables. Although outsiders kept away from them, they enjoyed each others company, being good friends. Ageold prejudice and feudal attitudes influenced the life of their families, as they belonged to a caste with sweeping and cleaning toilets as the traditional profession. Exploited and oppressed they had learnt the art of handling other villagers by meekness. ...

Tan Dan about fights in the feudal age, and the liberation of the feudal serfs in the 1950s. Narrations from his native village. Detha cattlebreeders had clashes with feudal lords, who did not want to accept any rivalry to their supremacy. Untouchable Hindus worked as humiliated serfs. Among them Harji, who was beaten so much that he died. His hair was too long. Eventually the suppressed farmers became landowners instead of their former masters.The book is a personal testimony of a ...

Feudal land, war and village fort life in the Rajasthan desert.A Rathore clan ruled Chelana village for a few centuries up to the end of feudal rule in 1952. Their ups and downs are narrated by Tan Dan and other sources. How the clan fought at the battle fields and how it lived at home. How the Marwar ruler granted land to the feudal elite, and the way the Chelana village lord did the same at his own village. Up to the early 19th century warfare was a major occupation of the Rathore...

About nomads in Rajasthan who have grazed cattle on a large scale since early history. With a pastoral culture from the west in Asia, that partly differed from the culture of the settled Hindus of the Indian subcontinent. Tan Dan's forefathers were a part of that nomadic culture, to which also ox caravan traders belonged and small groups with other professions. Before trains and trucks, timely transport by pack ox caravans could be a life and death matter for regions facing food shortage d...

A small dry sluggish feudal village in western Rajasthan came alive after the villagers managed to pump irrigation water from great depth. Tan Dan and his livestock breeding clan became commercial farmers more powerful than the former feudal lords. Tenants became landowners participating in the casteridden political game of the area.Tan Dan tried modern farming based on agricultural science. Methods that seemed strange to many and partly faced opposition. The big boost in cereal pro...

Det här är en dagbok från resor på egen hand bland vanligt folk i norra delen av Indien mellan 2008 och 2012. Ett försök att förstå tillvaron för dem, som har mycket knappa resurser. Genom samtal med dem på deras eget språk. Med fattiga bönder och bybor, med dem som utsätts för kastdiskriminering, och dem som har urusla bostäder i små och stora städer. Från Gujarat i väster till Bihar i öster.Boken återger samtal, där människor jag lärt känna talar om sånt de känner mest för. Som re...

In 'Menexenus,' Plato presents a thought-provoking dialogue that explores themes of rhetoric, memory, and virtue through a fictionalized eulogy delivered by Socrates. This work, characterized by its ironic tone and layered argumentation, critiques the art of persuasion prevalent in Athenian society while simultaneously serving as a homage to fallen soldiers. The dialogue invites readers to grapple with the ethical implications of oratory and the responsibilities of citizenship, illustratin...

Just as the Great Fire of London took place one year after the Great Plague broke out, in the 14th Century, Germany and Latvia were still burying their dead from the Black Death, or bubonic plague, when they were hit by a strange epidemic--often called Dancing Mania, St. John's Dance, or St. Vitus' Dance--that caused thousands of people to literally "dance" themselves to death. Due to the spasmodic jerkings and twitchings of the "dancers," it was thought at the time that the victims were p...

Historical novel features the invasions of 1066 that change the lives an Earl's mistress, a young sailor, and three men from Edwinstowe, one of them a housecarle (soldier) who recites poetry and falls for a Welsh minstrel girl.

Step into the world of ancient philosophy with Euthyphro by Plato, a thought-provoking dialogue that explores the essence of piety and justice. Set against the backdrop of Socratic questioning, this work invites readers to engage with timeless moral dilemmas.What does it truly mean to be pious? In this gripping exchange, Socrates challenges Euthyphro to define holiness, leading to profound insights and unsettling conclusions.Through their d...