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On the evening of 5th January 2006 Bant Singh a Dalit agrarian labourer and activist in Punjab rsquo s Jhabar village was ambushed and brutally beaten by upper-caste Jat men armed with iron rods and axes. He lost both his arms and a leg in the attack. It was punishment for having fought for justice for his minor daughter who had been gang-raped. But his spirit was not brok On the evening of 5th January 2006 Bant Singh a Dalit agrarian labourer and activist in Punjab rsquo s Jhabar village was ambushed and brutally beaten by upper-caste Jat men armed with iron rods and axes. He lost both his arms and a leg in the attack. It was punishment for having fought for justice for his minor daughter who had been gang-raped. But his spirit was not broken and he continues to fight for equality and dignity for millions like him inspiring them with his revolutionary songs and his courage. Journalist and writer Nirupama Dutt tells Bant Singh rsquo s story in this powerful book which is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and a comment on the deep fault lines in Punjabi and Indian society. About the Author Nirupama Dutt is Chandigarh rsquo s home-grown poet journalist literary and art critic and translator of many seasons who has written and edited several books. She writes in both Punjabi and English. She received the Punjabi Akademi Award for her anthology of poems Ik Nadi Sanwali