Dalit Dialogues

Shubhendu Shekhar Naskar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Literature, Language and Cultural Studies, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. He has been engaged in extensive research work on Dalit and Tribal Studies and working on the documentation and translation of the oral and folk literature of Dalit and tribal communities in West Bengal, India. He has more than fifteen national and international publications covering diverse areas of Dalit and Tribal Studies. His latest article “Representation of Humiliation in Bengali Dalit Literature: A Comparative Study” has been published in Sage journal, Contemporary Voice of Dalit. Naskar holds the position of series editor for the book series Theatre of the Marginalised: Dalit and Adivasi Performance Traditions in South Asia with Peter Lang. He is a recipient of the prestigious Charles Wallace Research Grant.

• AcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorAbout the TranslatorsForeword, by Mahesh DattaniIntroductionThe Ostrich (Bengali) by Achintya Biswas, translated by Shubhendu Shekhar NaskarThe Bodyguard (Gujarati) by Mohan Parmar, translated by Meghna B Dalwaniya and Ishmeet Kaur ChaudhryHarijan (Hindi) by Shri Shivprasanna Das, translated by Soumita AdhikarySanthimmi’s Pakshi Purana (Kannada) by Du Saraswathi, translated by Deepak SrinivasanThe Book of Bheema (Malayalam) by Dr. Samkutty Pattomkary, translated by Reneeta Anna Robert and Dr. Krupa ShahThe Labyrinth (Marathi) by Datta Bhagat, translated by Dr. Dnyaneshwar P. DigoleEkalavya (Odia) by Dolamani Kandher, translated by Ranjit MandalSplinters (Punjabi) by Gurmeet Karyalvi, translated by Dr. Jaspreet SinghThe Signs (Tamil) by K. A. Gunasekaran, translated by B. MangalamEquality (Telugu) by Kolakaluri Enoch, translated by Macha Venkata ReddyTime Awaits (Tulu) by Madhava Arladka, translated by Vanisree V R

No account of Indian theatre is complete without attention to Dalit drama. An invaluable resource.