Selected Writings of Anil Gharai: Dalit Literature from Bangla [Hardcover]

List of Contributors. Series Editors preface. Introduction. Acknowledgements. Introduction I Novella 1. Noonbari II Stories 2. The Old Man and His Vote (Vote Buro) 3. Kalketu 4. Gung Tor 5. Kak  Janmo 6. Khadya ?Khadak Kanya 7. Bhumi III Poems ?8 Hope? 9 Life 10 Compliance? 11 Hunger and Melody IV Critical Essays on Anil Gharai 12 Dalit Literature 13 Women, Oppression and Emancipation: A Study of Anil Gharais Select Short Stories? V Interview 14 Interview

Anil Gharai is arguably one of the most significant authors of Bangla Dalit literature. His works deal with the stark everyday realities of people on the margins and the complex interplay of domination and subjugation in these spaces. This volume of English translations of some of his most celebrated works seeks to introduce his writings to a new readership in India and abroad.

In his works, Gharai explored caste-based and gender-based oppression in the rural areas of coastal Bengal. His protagonists are from remote spaces, from the Dalit community or the indigenous communitiesmen and women who work and live in extremely exploitative circumstances and whose lives are depicted by Gharai with great care and detail. His novels, short stories and poems, translated in this volume, give voice to the unrepresented and offer a critique of the oppressive caste and class hierarchies and traditions in eastern India. He also focuses on the replication of patriarchal mores within Dalit society andl³Z