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Pakkanar Kali and Mudiyattam are forms of ritual dance practised by Dalit communities in Central and South Kerala. Mudiyattam (mudi means hair and attam means dance) is performed by women and is a dance that demonstrates the power of women. Each caste and region has its own variation of this dance…
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Pakkanar Kali and Mudiyattam are ritualistic art forms practised by Dalit communities in Central and South Kerala. Mudiyattam, primarily a dance form, is performed by women, whereas Pakkanar Kali is a dance form of the Paraya community, performed by men. The songs sung alongside Pakkanar Kali and…
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Dr B.R. Ambedkar was one of the greatest Dalit leaders who not only wrote about caste but also led by example, converting to Buddhism on October 14, 1956. According to Ambedkar, the Dalits could not escape the caste system unless they abandoned Hinduism and became a part of 'another community which…
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Fiction:
Pawar, Urmila.2003.Aaydaan.Mumbai:Granthali Prakshan.
Pawar, Urmila.1990.Chauthi Bhint.mumbai:Sambodhi Prakashan.
Pawar, Urmila.2004.Haatcha ek.Mumbai Akshar Praksahan.
Pawar, Urmila.1990.Sahav Bot.Mumbai:Sambodhi Prakashan.
Interviews
Interviews with Pawar 1998, Amihi Itihas…
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Urmila Pawar’s autobiographical work, Aaydaan, translated by Maya Pandit as The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman's Memoirs, is an important milestone in Dalit women’s writings. This article will highlight some of the key aspects of the text which reveal the viewpoint of Dalit women. Often, the upper…
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Shilpi Gulati: Your style is more journalistic and minimal in that sense and limited to interviews rather than voice-over and poetry. I wanted to talk a little bit about your presence in your film…
Anand Patwardhan: I suppose what appears journalistic about my films is the fact that they…
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Accessibility and Intersections
Caste, tribe and gender are the three main intersections that will be located in their alleged consequences on food insecurity in this essay. Deeply reflexive from somewhat outlying memory, the essay is based on field work undertaken in the Vidarbha region of…
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Accessibility and Intersections
Rural India is marked by a multiplicity of structures and hierarchies. Gender, caste, tribe, ethnicity and religion combine to create intersecting power relations that have substantial impact on individual and collective conditions. People belonging to different…
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