When I Hid My Caste: Stories

When I Hid My Caste: Stories

When I Hid My Caste: Stories

When I Hid My Caste: Stories

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Overview

Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti (When I Hid My Caste) was hailed as “the epic of Dalits”. These brilliant stories gave Dalits the strength to face the painful and humiliating experiences of their wretched lives...’—K Satyanarayana and Susie Tharu

Baburao Bagul’s debut collection of short stories, Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti (1963), revolutionized Dalit literature, bringing to it raw energy and a radical realism—a refusal to understate or dress up gritty, brutal reality.

Through the lives of people on the margins, Bagul exposed the pain, horror and rage of the Dalit experience. The unnamed young protagonist of the title story risks his life and job, and conceals his caste from his fellow workers in the hope of bringing about social change. Damu, the village Mahar, demands the right to perform a religious masque—a preserve of the upper castes—thus disrupting the village order. Jaichand Rathod revolts against his parents’ wishes and refuses to take up the caste-enforced task of manual scavenging. Years of repressed maternal love begins to resurface when, in the face of death, Banoo calls out to her estranged son. And behind Savitri’s desire for revenge lies the gruesome pain she suffered at the hands of her husband.

Utterly unsparing in its depiction of the vicious and inhumane centuries-old caste system, this landmark book is now finally available in English, in a brilliant new translation by the award-winning author and translator Jerry Pinto.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789386702951
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd
Publication date: 07/10/2018
Pages: 154
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

'Baburao Bagul' (1930-2008) was born in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. A short-story writer, poet and essayist, he is regarded as a pioneer of modern Marathi and Dalit literature. He was among the leading lights of the radical Dalit Panthers group, together with Namdeo Dhasal and Arun Kamble. His best known works, in addition to 'Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti', are 'Maran Swasta Hot Ahe, Sud' and 'Ambedkar Bharat'.

One of India's finest and most celebrated writers, 'Jerry Pinto' is also an acclaimed translator. He has translated from the Marathi Daya Pawar's autobiography, 'Baluta'; the memoirs 'I Want to Destroy Myself' ('Mala Udhvasta Vhachay') by Malika Amar Shaikh, and 'I, the Salt Doll' ('Mee Mithaachi Baahuli') by Vandana Mishra; and the novels Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar and 'Half-Open Windows' ('Khidkya Ardhya Ughadya') by Ganesh Matkari. Jerry Pinto is the recipient of, among other honours, the Sahitya Akademi Award and Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize.
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