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

by M P Mariappan, Anand Pandian, M.P. Mariappan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253012503
• ISBN13: 9780253012500
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher