The book in my hand

Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani, left, joins hands with Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar as hundreds of members of India’s low-caste Dalit community gather for a rally in Una, Gujarat state, India, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. The Dalits have been protesting since four men belonging to their community were beaten while trying to skin a dead cow in July near this western Indian town. Videos of the four being stripped and beaten with sticks by men claiming to be cow protectors in Gujarat state had gone viral and sparked protests by Dalit groups across India. The Dalits, belong to the lowest rung of Hinduism's caste hierarchy. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Jignesh Mewani

I last reread Annihilation of Caste by Ambedkar. Given the present situation and the Dalit movement we are engaged in, I thought I should read it once more. I am now reading Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders and India’s Hidden Apartheid by Anand Teltumbde. I consider Teltumbde a major Dalit ideologue. His analysis is the sharpest; I have not learnt more from anyone else. Next I’d like to read Who Rules The World? by Noam Chomsky.

Jignesh Mewani is a journalist-turned-activist.

Jung Chang

I last read Look Back in Laughter: Oxford’s Postwar Golden Age by R. W. Johnson. The anecdotes are very funny. I am now reading New Selected Poems by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. This great German poet and literary giant has such an elegant touch that I read him every now and then.

Next I’d like to read Night of Fire by Colin Thubron. I know I will love this book as Thubron never fails to impress.

Jung Chang is the author of ‘Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China’ and ‘Mao: The Unknown Story’ , among other books.