Silenced for centuries by caste prejudice and social oppression, the Dalits of Maharashtra have, in the last sixty years, found a powerful voice in Marathi literature. The revolutionary social movement launched by their leader, Dr Ambedkar, was paralleled by a wave of writing that exploded in poetry, prose, fiction and autobiography of a raw vigour, maturity, depth and richness of content, and shocking in its exposition of the bitterness of their experiences. One is jolted too, by the quality of writing of a group denied access for long ages to any literary tradition. When published in 1992, Poisoned Bread was the first anthology of Dalit literature. The writers-more than eighty of them-presented here in English translations, are nearly all of the most prominent figures in Marathi Dalit literature, who have contributed to this unique literary phenomenon. This new edition includes an essay by Gail Omvedt, a distinguished scholar activist working with new social movements. Omvedt, who has been actively involved in anti-caste campaigns since the 1970s, lives and works in Maharashtra.
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Arjun Dangle, born in Mumbai in 1945, is an important name in the politics and literature of Maharashtra. A founder member of the militant Dalit youth organization, the Dalit Panthers, he has also been the president of the State Unit of the Bharatiya Republican Party of India. Dangle s poetry, essays and short stories, published to critical acclaim, have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages.
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents Literature of revolt. Dalit literature past present and future. I. Poetry 1. To be or not to be born. 2. Take a hammer to change the world. 3. That single arm. 4. Poetry reading. 5. Song. 6. Send my boy to school. 7. In our colony. 8. The sky with its eyes closed. 9. Yesterday they have announced. 10. An ultimatum. 11. My father. 12. In the lush green jungle. 13. Caves. 14. Exhalation. 15. No entry for the new sun. 16. The unfed begging bowl. 17. Wall. 18. Harvest. 19. Tathagata two poems. 20. Yashodhara. 21. To dear Aana. 22. His house. 23. Experiment. 24. Mother. 25. This country is broken. 26. The stains of blood. 27. I will belong to it. 28. Birds in prison. 29. Hunger. 30. On a desolate night like this. 31. Labour pains. 32. Amen. 33. Winds. 34. Shroud. 35. The death doomed march. 36. Light melted in darkness. 37. Which language should I speak. 38. The search. 39. Under Dadar Bridge. 40. It is not binding on us to undertake this journey. 41. How. 42. Blood wave. 43. White paper. 44. A poem. 45. Mute existence. 46. Ancient mother mine. 47. Habit. 48. You who have made the mistake. II. Autobiographical extracts 1. A corpse in the well. 2. Son eat your fill. 3. We are kings. 4. Naja Goes to school and doesn't. 5. The story of my Sanskrit. 6. The bone merchant. 7. The bastard. 8. The stragglers. 9. This too shall pass. III. Short stories 1. The poisoned bread. 2. The storeyed house. 3. Explosion. 4. Promotion. 5. Livelihood. 6. Mother. 7. The cull. 8. Barriers. 9. Gold from the grave. 10. The refugee. IV. Essays and speeches 1. Dr. Ambedkar's speech at Mahad. 2. What is Dalit literature. 3. Dalit literature is but human literature. 4. Some issues before Dalit literature. 5. Dalit feelings and aesthetic detachment. 6. Black literature and Dalit literature. 7. Friends the day of irresponsible writers is over. Glossary. Silenced for centuries by caste prejudice and social oppression the Dalits of Maharashtra have in the last sixty years found a powerful voice in Marathi literature. The revolutionary social movement launched by their leader Dr. Ambedkar was paralleled by a wave of writing that exploded in poetry prose fiction and autobiography of a raw vigour maturity depth and richness of content and shocking in its exposition of the bitterness of their experiences. One is jolted too by the quality of writing of a group denied access for long ages to any literary tradition. When published in 1992 Poisoned Bread was the first anthology of Dalit literature. The writers more than eighty of them presented here in English translations are nearly all of the most prominent figures in Marathi Dalit literature who have contributed to this unique literary phenomenon. This new edition includes an essay by Gail Omvedt a distinguished scholar activist working with new social movements. Omvedt who has been actively involved in anti caste campaigns since the 1970s lives and works in Maharashtra. 338 pp. Seller Inventory # 74814
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