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Omprakash Valmiki (30 June 1950 – 17 November 2013) was an Indian writer and poet. Well known for his autobiography, Jootan, considered a milestone in Dalit literature. He was born at the village of Barla in the Muzzafarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Nov 17, 2013 · Omaprakāśa Vālmīki or Omprakash Valmiki (30 June 1950 – 17 November 2013) was an Indian Dalit writer and poet. well known for his autobiography, Joothan, considered a milestone in Dalit literature.
ओमप्रकाश वाल्मीकि का जन्म 30 जून 1950 को मुजफ्फरनगर ( उत्तर प्रदेश) जिले के बरला गांव में एक अछूत वाल्मीकि परिवार में हुआ। उन्होंने अपनी शिक्षा अपने गांव और देहरादून से प्राप्त की। उनका बचपन सामाजिक एवं आर्थिक कठिनाइयों में बीता। आरंभिक जीवन में उन्हें जो आर्थिक, सामाजिक और मानसिक कष्ट झेलने पड़े उसकी उनके साहित्य में मुखर अभिव्यक्ति हुई है।...
Om Prakash Valmiki provides a chilling account of caste oppression in the newly independent state. His autobiographical account brings into light one of those rare, detailed and lived accounts on Dalit lives.
Jan 1, 2001 · Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals.
Jul 2, 2008 · Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordained life of perpetual physical and mental persecution and his transformation into a speaking subject...
Omprakash Valmiki's autobiography Joothan A Dalit's Life is an English translation of the Hindi original Joothan by Arun Prabha Mukherjee. The present paper is written with an aim to throw light on the autobiography as a narrative of pain, protest, rejection and revolt.
Aug 21, 2019 · The English translation of Joothan — a magnum opus of Hindi Dalit literature — is an event in which we have witnessed both, the importance of translation as well as how translation of Dalit literature has many political dimensions that are yet to be unravelled.
Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, Joothan is not only a contribution to the archives of Dalit history, but a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.
Omprakash Valmiki has 14 books on Goodreads with 3825 ratings. Omprakash Valmiki’s most popular book is Joothan: An Untouchable's Life.
