Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The identity of women cannot be seen in isolation but as one that exists along with other constituents that intersect with class, race, sexuality and caste. Being a woman, a person is already at periphery an…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The poet Sikhamani is a teacher and a Dalit poet who writes in Telugu. His contribution to the corpus of Dalit poetry in Telugu is significant. Sikhamani’s poetry exposes the hypocrisy, inhumanity, exploitat…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print.
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Many communities are not privileged enough to possess histories which also reflects their precarious position in the sociocultural hierarchy. As Trouillot observed, ‘History is the fruit of power, but power …
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Social exclusion of Dalits in India is often understood in terms of discriminatory social structures embedded in oppressive cultural domains of pure versus polluted. Territorial demarcation of Dalits from up…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Dr B. R. Ambedkar, one of the makers of the Indian Constitution, is known best as the emancipator of the untouchables. Ambedkar’s effort to make India as a nation through ‘breaking the internal differences’ …
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Dr B. R. Ambedkar adopted the policy of ‘religious conversion’ to provide social justice to the Mahars—an untouchable community in the state of Maharashtra. Nearly, three and a half million people accepted N…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print.
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 8-24, May 2022. In terms of marriage, an individual becomes excluded or attains a disadvantaged position when she/he deviates from the existing norms of society. In this sense, generally, three type…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 25-35, May 2022. Dalits are unable to enjoy their rights under the Indian Constitution. Though they are original residents of India, they are still treated as untouchables. This article sheds light …