Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
TopicDalit literature

Topic: Dalit literature

Babytai Kamble — the Mahar icon who was ‘reborn’ to write about Dalit women’s subjugation

Tina Das -
Babytai Kamble's 'The Prisons We Broke' subverted the traditional, casteist representation of Dalits across Indian literature. It gave women a voice.

Hindi Dalit literature has a gaping hole – satire

Rishabh Pratipaksh -
Writing tragedy makes the writer more responsible; writing satire makes the system cautious. 

New Dalit women autobiographies are opening up private, intimate spaces, rewriting history

K. Kalyani -
From Yashica Dutt to Sumitra Mehrol, autobiographies & memoirs by Dalit-Bahujan women have a unique position in centering their experiences.

The real crisis in Indian literature is the translation pyramid. Bangla sits at the top

Rachel John -
The debate around Indian translation is not just about cultural loss, it's the role languages play in the field of translation & the hierarchy they fall under.

Poet & Dalit Panther Namdeo Dhasal’s poetry embraced those discarded by society

Unnati Sharma -
Dhasal's poetry, which was steeped in harsh words, attempted to translate the violent existence of Dalits and the oppressed to paper.

This is why Dalit women are singing Tathagata Buddha songs in UP

K. Kalyani -
The growing popularity of Tathagata Buddha songs is all about the reach of Ambedkar’s conversion ideology in Uttar Pradesh.

Reading Dalit literature changes established accounts of nationalism, colonialism & modernity

Rita Kothari -
Reading Dalit literature, we encounter an India that the urban upper-caste readers choose to ignore, or a definition of India we would rather not learn.

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World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education

Victoria Masterson -
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.

Defence

Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet pulls off its first successful launch from a ski-jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, US | Photo credit: Boeing

2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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