An Anthology of Dalit Literature - Paperback

About The Book: This unique selection of the heartrending expression in prose and poetry by contemporary Dalit poets are passionate protests of the rejected. About The Author: Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, is the author of the novel, Untouchable, which has been translated into twentyfive languages of the world and a Penguin contemporary classic. Dr. Eleanor Zelliot, is a noted academician of Dalit literature, and Professor of History in Carelton College, Northfield Main, Minesota, USA> CONTENTS: # Some words by way of preface to Dalit poems by Mulk Raj Anand : Dalit Sahitya: The Historical Background by Eleanor Zelliot : Hira Bansode : Bosom Friend : Slave : O Great Man : Phralad Chendwankar : Empty Advice : Patil : Arjun Dangle : Revolution : Namdeo Dhasal : Amber/Sky Alcohols in the Glass : Leaving the House : Their Eternal Pity : Now, Now : Ambedkar: 79 : Ambedkar: 80 : So That My Mother May be Convinced : Song of the Republic and the Dog : On the Way to the Durgah : Poverty as My Own Independent Piece of Land : Mina Gaybhiye : The Weeping Wound of Centuries : Both Are Useless : Anuradha Gaurav : Request : Arun Kamble : Speech : The Life We Live : Primal Bond : Waman Kardak : I Don’t Get Angry : In the Darkness within Me : Jyoti Lanjewar : Mother : The Nameless Ones : Mina Londe : Yeshwant Manohar : I’ am Ready for Revolt : Keshav Meshram : One Day I Cursed that Mother fucker God : Waman Nimbalkar : Mother : Caste : Words : Daya Pawar : Buddha : The Gods of Ochre : The City : Four Poems: 1Hiroshima : Four Poems: 2Oh! Great Poet : Four Poems:3 You Wrote from Los Angeles : Four Poems