The Oxford Anthology of Telegu Dalit Writing – K. Purushotham, Gita Ramaswamy and Gogu Shyamala (Hardcover)

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This landmark anthology brings together nearly eighty Telugu Dalit writers and thinkers across roughly a century, in English translation.

Through songs, poems, short stories, extracts from novels and a play, essays, personal narratives and archival documents, it traces the history of Dalit writing and movements in the Telugu-speaking regions — confronting caste oppression and social exclusion, and challenging both Hindu orthodoxy and the mainstream Left. An essential collection for readers of Indian literature, history and caste studies.