Recently added articles from Language Forum:
The discovery of Jashuva: the shaping of Dalit literary tradition in Telugu.(Gurram Jashuva)(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Dalit communities in Andhra Pradesh consider Gurram Jashuva (1895-1971) as the first modern Telugu Dalit poet. But the non-Dalit communities of the state never think so. Contrary to the claim made by Dalit communities, Jashuva has been deliberately dropped out from the ...
Alienation, consciousness and assertion: an interpretation of Oriya Dalit narrative.
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to discuss the historical context of the emergence of a new literary genre called "Oriya Dalit literature" which reflected the growing identity, awareness and consciousness of the Oriya Dalits during the colonial period and ...
Teaching of Dalit literature in higher education.
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT There is no denying the fact that the education system in India has been quite Brahmanical. From the ancient time to the present day, the system has continuously tried to marginalize a large section of people calling them untouchables. There is also systematic ...
Editorial.
Jan 01, 2007; ... While Indian society has, for centuries, been the most hierarchical among the known civilizations, the literature of this country, until very recently, has never focused on the problems of the untouchables--the groups of people located at the bottom of the hierarchy. The pen has, by and ...
(Untouchable) words against the word: the law of material thought in Dalit poetry.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... Our real problem in India is not political. It is social. (1) (Rabindranath Tagore) The caste system had the Indian people arranged like an amphitheater of parallelepiped galleries superimposed one above the other, with the gods sitting at the top. (2) ...
Contestation and negotiation of Dalit identities: a perspective from below.
Jan 01, 2007; ... Hamanee ke rati din dukh va bhogat baneee, Hamanee ke saheb se mintee sunaibi. Hamanee ke inara ke nigiche na jaileja, Pauke mein se bhari bhari pitanee panee. Panaheen se piti piti hath gor turi delaen, Hamanee ke etanee kahee ke hakalanee. (Hira Dome: 1914) We ...
History, community and identity: an interpretation of Dalibai.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In recent years there has been a qualitative and progressive change in Dalit consciousness. This has resulted in Dalit assertion. Apart from mobilizing masses for political power, Dalits are now trying to reconstruct Dalit culture, literature and history so that they ...
Does translation empower a Dalit text?(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Any translated text may take a new shape or/and any translation may have its limitations to convey the original. Definitely a new text emerges depending on the choices, ideologies, principles and background of the translator. But, what if the translation functions as a ...
Translating Tamil Dalit literature into English or how to resist one's self.
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The major challenge for anyone translating Tamil Dalit writings into English is the inherent seemingly untranslatable resistance of the language of this literature. The linguistic nuances of this literature are of paramount importance and translation can erase the ...
Tamil Dalit literature: an overview.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Dalit studies in Tamil has its foundational stage. Historically, Dalit literature witnessed a rather late start in Tamil as compared to its counterpart in Marathi or Kannada. As a result, theorization of Dalit writing or a systematic critical corpus has not been ...
From subjugation to celebration: a study of Bama's Karukku and Sangati.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT Dalit literature is a literature of protest, pain and agony. Its beginnings can be traced to the undocumented oral folklore and tales of the past decades. Dalit literature as a genre was established in the 1960's and 1970's when a spurt of Dalit writing was published ...