Balbir Madhopuri

The Lopped Tree

Chhangya Rukh

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Produktbeschreibung

Set in the village of Madhopuri in Punjab, Changiya Rukh-the autobiography of renowned writer Balbir Madhopuri-traces the social history of the Dalit community in Punjab, and brings out the caste relations constructed on prejudice and inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 147mm x 224mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780198065500
• ISBN-10: 0198065507
• Artikelnr.: 59178991

Autorenporträt

Balbir Madhopuri has given Punjabi Dalit aesthetics a visibility which it previously lacked. His numerous books and poems have been translated into Indian as well as foreign languages. He is Editor, Yojana (a Punjabi monthly) and Deputy Director (News), All India Radio, New Delhi. Tripti Jain has taught political science in Government College, Ajmer for more than thirty years. A freelance translator, she has worked for Sahitya Akademi, National Book Trust, and Indian Institute for Indian Languages, Mysore. Harish Puri retired as Professor, B.R. Ambedkar Chair, Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note
Translator's Note
Introduction
My Birthplace: Madhopur
Inscriptions on a Tender Mind
The Tale of the Cracked Mirror
Flowering of the Cactus
The Thorny Path
Sunshine through the Clouds
Our Home: The Home of Woes
Brahma's Games
Hunger Knows no Caste
A Matter of Community
Monsoon Without Rains
Daadi's Saga
The Banyan Tree of the Chamars
An Oasis in a Desert
Hatred of my Name
Literature and Politics
Departure for Delhi
Between Life and Death
The Humanist Slap
Being a Tenant
Glossary