Dalit Voice

Literature and Revolt

by Sharankumar Limbale and Jaydeep Sarangi

2018282 pages

About the book

The stigma of “caste based discrimination” is attached as soon as one is born in a scheduled caste family. Dalit Voice: Literature and Revolt is by far the first book on dalit studies to cover dalit situation of different parts of India. It is a variegated caravan, a lighted discourse of resistance and emancipation. The book aims at a dalit standpoint; ‘a politics of difference’ or ‘discourse of discontent’ from the mainstream Indian criticism. The standpoint is a project not an inheritance; it is achieved. Dalit woman needs to break her silence. Some essays in the book give voice to her subjectivity and lived experiences.

Opinions
“This book is a path breaking attempt to be free and make everyone free.”
– Bama FaustinaSoosairaj , the author of Karukku .
“This book is certainly a value addition to series of books in English dealing with Dalit Literaturewritten in different regions of India and offers it a pan Indian identity. It will serve as a companion to every scholar and teacher of Dalit literature.”
– Rajesh Karank al, Faculty, Department of English, University of Mumbai.