How are you veg? – Joopaka Subhadra

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My stories are born out of the oppression, discrimination,happiness,sorrow,insults,oppositions and experiences woven by the society around me. In the crevices… are the problems of generations of my untouchable mothers,sisters and the children.

Translated for the first time in English, Joopaka Subhadra’s stories expose the lives of Madiga women, the most oppressed among Dalits in Telangana. As she declares that she has drawn these from lived experiences,the reader in turn witnesses the cruelties in the lives of Dakkalis,who are wondering bards,disturbance in the old feudal hierarchies with an arrival of educated Dalit youth,lack of compassion in the society for women with disabilities, and the absence of accountability in government institutions, society and the state. The stories reveal the subtle discrimination practiced despite education and employment. Those on the politics of food are particularly intriguing.