Bama short stories pdf

In another blow on academic freedom, the Oversight Committee of the Delhi University removed two dalit authors — Bama and Sukirtharani — from the English syllabus. Draupadi is the story of a dalit woman. Bama is a Tamil dalit feminist writer and Sukirtharani, a dalit Tamil poet. The Indian Cultural Forum condemns this evident exclusion of women writers and marginalised voices from curriculum.

I feel they are trying to strangulate our voices.

Kisumbukaran by bama summary in tamil

But we will shout and continue to shout! The well-known writer Bama is also a school teacher. She taught school children from to , when she retired. In this interview with the Indian Cultural Forum , she recollects the ways in which inequalities persist in the education system. Written in Tamil by Bama and translated into English by N.

Ravi Shanker, The Ichi Tree Monkey is a collection of short stories that speak about everyday acts of dalit resilience and resistance in the face of upper-caste discrimination. Set in the Tamil countryside and dalit colonies, these stories are filled with energy and vitality of a raw, unique kind, articulated through humour and defiance. Parliamentary Assembly elections — Religion, caste, language and colour are used to decimate the lives of students who fight for social justice.

Bama, karukku summary pdf

When economically depressed dalits, struggle to reach the threshold of higher education, they are mentally tormented, their thoughts and emotions deliberately killed. They are ground down by many powerful agents. The Guftugu Collection.