Bakha is a young man, proud and even attractive, yet none the less he is an outcast in India#146;s caste system: an Untouchable. In deceptively simple prose this groundbreaking novel describes a day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, as he searches for a meaning to the tragic existence he has been born into -- and comes to an unexpected conclusion. Mulk Raj Anand poured a vitality, fire and richness of detail into his controversial work, which led him to be acclaimed as his country#146;s Charles Dickens and one of the twentieth century#146;s most important Indian writers.