Read Dalit Literature

pranjuli Host

9 participants (19 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

Read more Dalit/caste-based literature consciously. Fiction/nonfiction/memoir - anything counts as long as the focus is on understanding and developing Dalit identity. 

Challenge Books

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বাতাসে বারুদের গন্ধ by Manoranjan Byapari

বাতাসে বারুদের গন্ধ

Manoranjan Byapari

110 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction literary politics
Unclaimed Terrain by Laura Brueck, Ajay Navaria

Unclaimed Terrain

Laura Brueck, Ajay Navaria

200 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Motherwit by Urmila Pawar

Motherwit

Urmila Pawar

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde

Caste Matters

Suraj Yengde

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Moustache by S. Hareesh

Moustache

S. Hareesh

360 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

Untouchable

Mulk Raj Anand

160 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit by Sipra Mukherjee, Manoranjan Byapari

Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit

Sipra Mukherjee, Manoranjan Byapari

384 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
There's Gunpowder in the Air by Manoranjan Byapari, Arunava Sinha

There's Gunpowder in the Air

Manoranjan Byapari, Arunava Sinha

162 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical politics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

342 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced