The extraordinary story of a Dalit family in southern India Key Feature The story of three generations of a Dalit family, told in an honest voice A rags-to-riches narrative; would appeal to lay readers as well as to those who want to know more about Dalit history and its success stories The author is a well-known academician and champion of the Dalit cause About the Book: My Father Baliah Poised to inherit a huge tract of land gifted by the Nizam to his father, twenty-one-year-old Narsiah loses it to a feudal lord. This triggers his migration from Vangapally, his ancestral village in the Karimnagar District of Telangana ? the single most important event that would free his family and future generations from caste oppression. Years later, it saves his son Baliah from the fate reserved for most Dalits: a life of humiliation and bonded labour. A book written with the desire to make known the inhumanity of untouchability and the acquiescence and internalization of this condition by the Dalits themselves, Y.B. Satyanarayana chronicles the relentless struggle of three generations of his family in this biography of his father. A narrative that derives its strength from the simplicity with which it is told, My Father Baliah is a story of great hardship and greater resilience. About the Author: Y.B. Satyanarayana Dr Y.B. Satyanarayana has a doctorate in chemistry and was the principal of a leading college in Hyderabad for twenty-five years. He is involved in active work with Dalits, and is co-founder of the Centre for Dalit Studies.