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Kalyani Thakur ‘Chandal’: Depiction of Dalits’ struggles is the beauty of Dalit Literature ‘Dalit Literature is the literature of self-respect and pride of those who were oppressed and deprived for centuries. … clearly, love won’t ooze from our words, only anger will. This anger is sort of a building block of Dalit Literature.’ Bangla poetess Kalyani Thakur ‘Chandal’ in conversation with Kartik Choudhary Kalyani Thakur ‘Chandal’ is a leading Bangla Dalit poetess. She is a member of the newly constituted West Bengal Dalit Sahitya Akademi. She began writing from her stu...

Mahadev Toppo: Adivasis are not anti-development but against development that is anti-life Tribal communities in India and indeed all over the world are facing social, political, economic, cultural, linguistic, spiritual and racial exploitation, tyranny and discrimination. No other community shares their fate, says Mahadev Toppo Born into an Oraon Adivasi family of Ranchi (then Bihar, now Jharkhand) in 1954, Mahadev Toppo is recognized as a leading litterateur. He has written poetry, novellas, short stories and plays in Hindi and in his mother tongue Kurukh. He has also tried his hands at act...

Manoranjan Byapari: ‘There won’t be any gods in Bangla Dalit Literature’ ‘Bangla Dalit Literature will be a literature of humanity. We won’t have any gods and we won’t demean anybody. Everyone will be presented just as they are. We will create a new literature.’ Manorajan Byapari, chairman, Bangla Dalit Sahitya Academy, in conversation with Kartik Choudhary Manoranjan Byapari came into the limelight after the publication of his autobiography, Chandal Jebon , in 2012. On 14 September, 2020 he was appointed chairperson of the Bangla Dalit Sahitya Academy by the Mamata Banerjee-led...