HB-432502 The Book is Jatin Bala's powerful autobiography exposes the iniquities of caste and class during the Partition of 1947 in Bengal. A refugee child growing up in a tent, the struggle for a life of dignity is doubly hard when marked by a Dalit identity. It's and adolescent's journey seeking education, dignity and self-hood all which are denied because of the stigma of being 'low born'. Confronting violence turns Bala towards activism and facing caste abuse makes him question hierarchies.