Dalit Women’s Autobiographies: Convergences And Divergences: Convergences And Divergences

Book Code: 1111018491773

Editied by:- Dr Bijender Singh

ABOUT THE BOOK

The anthology Dalit Women's Auto biographies: Convergences and Divergences reformulates and envisages Dalit women's struggle against caste, class and gender- based oppression through some select Dalit women's autobiographies, memoirs and personal narratives. These autobiographies are the auguries of a new era vehemently focusing on women empowerment, Dalit politics, subalternity and Dalit feminism. Dalit women's long struggle to liberate themselves from their triple marginalized status to their leap towards justice, dignity, equality and liberation further provides a dialogic interface between their harrowing past and promising present. Highlighting different perspectives regarding Indian Dalit feminism, this anthology attempts to showcase the whole range of Dalit women's autobiographies in English and few in regional languages as well. The uniqueness of the topic makes this book a strong addendum in the existing Dalit feminist literature. The esteemed contributors of this anthology are Prof. D. Amalraj, Dr Shikha Saxena, Dr Somali Gupta, Dr Gunjan Shushil, Dr Santosh Kumar Sonker, Dr Ashok Verma, Dr Ruchi Raj Thakur, Dr Justin James, Dr Meetu Bhatia Kapur, Dr C. Ramya, Dr Meenu Dudeja, Dr Avinash Kumar, Dr Suruchi Sharma, Dr Kusum Kanger, K. Sunitha Devi, Guni Vats, Anusha A.J., N. Padma priyadharshini, Devanshi
Bhatnagar, Dr Vinod K. Chopra, Dr Avinash Kumar, Dr Tamanna, Dr S. R. Chaitra, Dr B. Manivannan, Dr Aadil Amin Kak, Dr Deeba Sarmad, Dr Suchitra Gupta and Dr S. Chelliah.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr Bijender Singh (MA, MPhil, PhD, DLitt, UGC-NET, U-SET, M-SET, HPSET, H-TET) is the Editor-in-Chief of The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal. Presently, he lives at Rohtak and works as an English lecturer, editor and writer. He has qualified
UGC-NET, Uttrakhand SET, Maharashtra and Goa SET, Himachal Pradesh SET, Haryana TET. He has done Sanskrit Honours (Shastri), Art & Crafts Teacher Course and Multi-Purpose Health Worker (Male) Course. He has been the proud recipient of the Ambedkar Sahitya
Ratna Award, Editorial Excellence Award, N.L.P. Samriti Samman and Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Award. He has written a few essays, some short-stories and many Hindi lyrics, ghazals, nazms and English poems. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed and UGC-Listed national and international journals and edited anthologies. He has participated in many seminars and conferences as a keynote speaker, resource person and paper presenter. Many research papers/articles have been written and published on his poetry books from India and abroad. He has written/published thirty books. Few of
his books are available in the library catalogues of Oxford University (UK), British Library, London, Central Library of Zurich (Switzerland), Stanford University, The University of Minnesota, The University of Chicago, Columbia University, The Library of Congress (USA) and many more world-class libraries.

 

CONTENTS

Introduction ........................................................... 9

Contributors ............................................................... 23

1. Dignified Human Avatar as an Undignified One
in a Caste Conscious Society: A Study of Bhaskaran’s
Mother’s Forest: An Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu ............ 33
Prof. D. Amalraj

2. Dalit Women’s Sufferings in Baby Kamble’s
The Prison We Broke ........................................................... 45
Dr Shikha Saxena

3. The Remonstrative Voice in Kalyani Thakur
Charal’s Autobiography Ami Kano Charal Likhi ........... 55
Dr Somali Gupta

4. Bama’s Karukku: A New Dimension of
Caste Hierarchy ............................................................. 63
Dr Gunjan Shushil and Dr Santosh Kumar Sonker

5. Dalit Consciousness and Autobiography: Reading
Sushila Takbhoure’s Shikanje ka Dard ............................. 81
Dr Ashok Verma

6. Urmila Pawar’s Voice of Dissent: An Attempt to
Uphold Egalitarianism ................................................... 93
Dr Ruchi Raj Thakur

7. The Barriers She Had to Cross: The Struggle of a Dalit
Woman through Hegemony as in Bama’s Karukku ..... 111
Dr Justin James

8. Journey of Reclaiming Identity in Kaushalya
Baisantri’s Autobiography Dohra Abhishaap ................. 125
Dr Meetu Bhatia Kapur

9. Women’s Struggle from Marginality to Centrality:
A Study of P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change ................ 135
Dr C. Ramya

10. The Hierarchical Deliverance of Sanskrit and its
Casteist Nuances: A Study of Marginalisation in
Kumud Pawde’s Autobiography Antasphot .................. 143
Dr Meenu Dudeja

11. A Sensitive Soul Writing out Its Fragmented
Existence: A Study of Kaveri’s Autobiography
Tukda-Tukda Jeevan .......................................................... 153
Dr Avinash Kumar

12. The World of Dalit Women in Viramma’s
Auto-biography Viramma: The Life of an Untouchable .. 161
Dr Suruchi Sharma

13. Triple Marginalisation of Women in Mukta
Sarvagod’s Mitleli Kavaade: Closed Doors ....................... 169
Dr Kusum Kanger

14. Dalit Women the Most Dalit among Dalits: Reinterpretation of Marathi Dalit Women’s Testiminios ........ 177
K. Sunitha Devi

15. A Memoir of Conflict: Reading Dichotomy in Shilpa
Raj’s The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter .............................. 185
Guni Vats

16. Modernity and Gender Negotiations: C.K. Janu’s
Mother Forestin Kerala Feminist Iconography ............. 197
Anusha A. J.

17. The Struggles and Empowerment of a Dalit Woman:
A Study of Shilpa Raj’s Memoir The Elephant
Chaser’s Daughter .............................................................. 209
N. Padmapriyadharshini

18. Re-reading Sujatha Gidla’s Ants among Elephants
as a Microcosm for the Indian Society .......................... 217
Devanshi Bhatnagar

19. The Weave of My Life: Urmila Pawar’s Arduous
and Harrowing Journey from Caste and Gender
Discrimination to Resistance ........................................ 227
Dr Vinod K. Chopra

20. Analysing Bama’s Sangatifrom a Dalit Perspective:
A Discourse on Feminine Subalternity ........................ 243
Dr Avinash Kumar

21. The Struggle of a Dalit Woman in Yashica Dutt’s
Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir ...................................... 253
Dr Tamanna

22. From Rejection to Resistance: Self-Assertion in
Select Dalit Women’s Testimonios .............................. 263
Dr S. R. Chaitra

23. Cognitive Mind and Dalit Self in a Select Women’s
Personal Narratives ...................................................... 275
Dr B. Manivannan

24. Convergences and Divergences of the Dalit Question
in Literature: A Case Study of The Bandit Queen of
India: An Indian Woman’s Amazing Journey from
Peasant to International Legend ....................................... 291
Dr Aadil Amin Kak and Dr Deeba Sarmad

25. Celebrating Women: Gogu Shyamala Relives Her
Childhood in Father May Be an Elephant and
Mother Only a Small Basket, But … .................................. 303
Dr Suchitra Gupta

26. Pangs of Patriarchy and Casteism in Shantabai
Kamble’s Amchya Jalmachi Chittarkatha:
The Kaleidoscopic Story of My Life .................................... 311
Dr S. Chelliah

Index ......................................................................... 321