Ratan Kumar Sambharia

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Dalit Stories
Übersetzer: Bhasin, Mridul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In fifteen stories that are at once grim, wryly ironic, humorous and affecting, acclaimed Rajasthani writer Ratan Kumar Sambhria portrays with rare acuity the injustices rampant in a caste-driven society and the triggers that spark rebellion.

Poverty and greed degrade blood ties; money plays a dramatic role in changing equations between oppressor and oppressed; livestock and land become precious beyond measure. Yet, love - between men and women, mother and child, a man and his land, and human beings and the animals they nurture - underlies such dark overtones, and integrity and honour shine through in the bleakest moments.

Remarkable for their craft and rendered here in an authentic translation, these deceptively simple stories are narratives of love and anger, hope and fortitude, and subtly negotiate equality in a society inherently marked by inequity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette India
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789350097991
• Artikelnr.: 44230573

Autorenporträt

Ratan Kumar Sambharia was born in Bharawas village in Rewari district, Haryana, and has lived and worked in Rajasthan for over 35 years. He is the author of five collections of short stories, two collections of plays and a book on the celebrated Hindi writer Premchand and his associations with Dalit society. He is the editor of Dr Ambedkar: An Inspiring Life and his literary criticism and stories have been published in Hindi magazines. He has won several awards for his work, including the Sahara Samay Katha Award from the vice president of India, for his story, 'Chapadasan' (The Attendant). More than 25 PhD and MPhil scholars are working on his literary contributions, and his stories and plays are a part of the curriculum in Rajasthan University. His work has been translated into Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya languages.