Rumble in a Village : A Perceptive Novel About Caste and Its Role in Society
Jean Dreze and Luc Leruth, two economists, foray into literature using the formerâs field notes from 1984 â producing an ingenious and observant novel.
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âNobody listens to them. Nobody notices them. But they see everything.â This is an Army captainâs remark about Dalits, in
Rumble in a Village, a novel by Luc Leruth with Jean Dreze. After reading the novel I feel that Dreze, and people like him, have heard everything, and chosen to speak up about it. His novel is successful in capturing the little movements of rural life, like Felliniâs cine-camera. Dreze is not only observant of the ârumblesâ themselves, but clear about their far-reaching consequences for Indian society.