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Dalit Poetry

  • Poetry picks: Six poems by Indian and international poets about their lives and realities

    Poetry picks: Six poems by Indian and international poets about their lives and realities

    Najwan Darwish Kareem James Abu-Zeid David Herd Habib Tengour Will Harris Delaina Haslam Anitha Thampi AJ Thomas Mantra Mukim Sharmistha Mohanty
    · Aug 17, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • A/nil’s new book of poetry, ‘The Absent Color’, is a conversation – of, for, and by himself

    A/nil’s new book of poetry, ‘The Absent Color’, is a conversation – of, for, and by himself

    Swati Singh
    · Nov 19, 2023 · 02:30 pm
  • Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s poetry is her powerful call for affirmative action

    Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s poetry is her powerful call for affirmative action

    Niyati Bhat
    · Aug 20, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • A poem without verbs: The beauty of Dalit poet Omprakash Valmiki’s poem ‘Thakur Ka Kuan’

    A poem without verbs: The beauty of Dalit poet Omprakash Valmiki’s poem ‘Thakur Ka Kuan’

    James Edwards
    · Apr 01, 2023 · 10:30 am
  • ‘Ambedkar dwells within me, Ambedkar dwells within you’: Anita Bharti’s poetry tribute to Babasaheb

    ‘Ambedkar dwells within me, Ambedkar dwells within you’: Anita Bharti’s poetry tribute to Babasaheb

    Nikhil Pandhi
    · Dec 11, 2022 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘A woman and fire are as ancient as civilisation’: Six Dalit-feminist poems by Poonam Tushamad

    ‘A woman and fire are as ancient as civilisation’: Six Dalit-feminist poems by Poonam Tushamad

    Poonam Tushamad
    · Jul 25, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • The Art of Resistance: Chokhamela’s songs spoke of the Dalit experience as part of Bhakti movement

    The Art of Resistance: Chokhamela’s songs spoke of the Dalit experience as part of Bhakti movement

    Sannuta Raghu
    · Jan 01, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • The universe of young Dalit poets after Rohit Vemula: from stardust to stars

    The universe of young Dalit poets after Rohit Vemula: from stardust to stars

    Nabina Das
    · Aug 21, 2016 · 09:30 am