[Reader-list] Turning the Pot

[Navayana Publishing]

Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land: Dignity of Labour in Our Times
By Kancha Ilaiah

Illustrations: Durgabai Vyam

Rs 150. 108 pages. 9x9 inches. Paperback.

ISBN: 9788189059095

This is the second print of the bestselling title. It features a new cover
with endorsements by leading newspapers and magazines, including one by the
Unicef-India director.

Samphe D. Lhalungpa, chief of education, Unicef India, said in The
Washington Post: "A hugely important book. Every Indian child should read
it."

"This book is a valuable addition to those who teach social sciences in
schools."
– The Hindu-Young World

"Wonderfully designed book... a much-needed resource for both parents and
teachers."
– Tehelka

"The book can certainly go a long way in getting children to think
differently."
– Time Out

In this book, Kancha Ilaiah throws light on the science, art and skill of
adivasis, cattle-rearers, leatherworkers, potters, farmers, weavers, dhobis
and barbers. The book documents the contributions to the betterment of human
life by castes and communities despised as 'lowly' and 'backward'.

Recently, students opposed to reservation in educational institutions
expressed protest by polishing shoes, sweeping the roads and selling
vegetables. Why such resentment against labour? Could these students make
shoes or till the land? Could they make a pot? This book –  with stunning
illustrations by Durgabai Vyam – is the first ever attempt to inculcate a
sense of dignity of labour among India's children.

14,000 copies of the Telugu edition of Turning the Pot (published by
Hyderabad Book Trust) have been distributed by Unicef in government-run
schools of Andhra Pradesh. The Tamil (Tulika) and Hindi (Eklavya) editions
of the book are expected in January 2009. A Malayalam edition (DC Books)
will follow. Translations in Oriya and Bengali are in the pipeline. An
international NGO purchased 1,000 copies of the second print of this book to
offer it as a Christmas/New Year gift to MPs, MLAs, policy-makers.

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