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Joothan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Joothan

Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of India's social pyramid. Although untouchability was abolished in 1949, Dalits continued to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule. Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordained life of perpetual physical and mental persecution and his transformation into a speaking subject under the influence of the great Dalit political leader, B. R. Ambedkar. A document of the long-silenced and long-denied sufferings of the Dalits, Joothan is a major contribution to the archives of Dalit history and a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.

Indian Literature: An Introduction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 428

Indian Literature: An Introduction

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The Individual and Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

The Individual and Society

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Joothan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 182

Joothan

A Searing Memoir Of The Life Of A Sensitive And Intelligent Dalit Youth In Independent India.

The Trip
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 271

The Trip

Two friend Akash and Bijay went to Nagpur to meet their old friend Anand. They met after a long time and recalled their old college days. They had fun together and enjoy it a lot but it became a twist when Anand was leaving Nagpur forever and the railway platform was the witness of their love separation between Anand and his girlfriend Neha. Though the trip was memorable, it still has some sweet and bitter memories which no one wants to recall.

Amma and Other Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 248

Amma and Other Stories

This is an English translation of fifteen stories of the leading Hindi dalit writer, Omprakash Valmiki, best known for his autobiography Joothan. Together these stories vocalise the anguish and anger of the lowliest of the low in the caste hierarchy. More specifically, they deal with their sufferings at the hands of the dominant high castes and their questioning of their oppressors; their slender hopes and their small dreams; and their problems of identity as they try to make their way up the social and economic ladder. Omprakash Valmiki lists women of all classes among the dalits and there is a story in the collection that shows a high caste woman suffering at the hands of her male relative...

Dalit Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Dalit Literature

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UNFOLD DIARY OF DOWNDRODDEN
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 152

UNFOLD DIARY OF DOWNDRODDEN

  • Categories: Art

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Premchand in World Languages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Premchand in World Languages

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-05-20
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This volume explores the reception of Premchand’s works and his influence in the perception of India among Western cultures, especially Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. The essays in the collection also take a critical look at multiple translations of the same work (and examine how each new translation expands the work’s textuality and annexes new readership for the author) as well as representations of celluloid adaptations of Premchand’s works. An important intervention in the field of translation studies, this book will interest scholars and researchers of comparative literature, cultural studies and film studies.