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Ayya´s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India

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Description for Ayya´s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.

Ayya's Accounts explores the life of an ordinary man—orphan, refugee, shopkeeper, and grandfather—during a century of tremendous hope and upheaval. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he made a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by foot, boat, bullock cart, and rail back to southern India. Becoming a successful fruit merchant, Ayya educated and eventually settled many of his descendants in the United States. Luck, nerve, subterfuge, and sorrow ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253012500
SKU
V9780253012500
Shipping Time
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About Anand Pandian
Anand Pandian is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Crooked Stalks: Cultivating Virtue in South India, co-editor of Ethical Life in South Asia (IUP, 2011) and Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference, and a contributor to Everyday Life in South Asia (IUP, 2010). M. P. Mariappan (1919-2014) was a retired fruit merchant ... Read more

Reviews for Ayya´s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India
Pandian and Mariappan underscore how provincial India, which once represented the past, can also ultimately become the telos of the future.
American Book Review
Overall, this is a beautifully written, deeply engaging book. Theory – such as it is present at all – is worn lightly, insights emerging gently through an engagement with Ayya's stories, rather than imposed ... Read more

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