This is a great book. It describes the caste discrimination that exist on the society during that period. Limbale and his grandma santhamaayi belongs to mahar the lowest caste in the society. Limbale protest against the supersitions. Limbale wish better studies. But they had no money for the study facilities. This book describes the bifurcation b/w upper caste and lower caste. Everyone should have read this book. Iam a keralite. I read this book in Malayalam language. This is also chapter in our Malayalam text book