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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.
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. He was born at the village of Barla in the Muzzafarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
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.
Jul 24, 2021 · Valmiki’s writing is a deep urge for Dalit community to form their perspective, agency and identities of ‘dalitness’ irrespective of the shared idea of sympathy with them. The paper is mediated by its own theory of ‘dalitness’ and infused with a distinct yardstick mediated with subaltern study.
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.
Oct 28, 2021 · Dissent and Resistance in Dalit Literature: A Study of Om Prakash Valmiki’s Selected Short Stories – The Criterion: An International Journal in English. Posted on October 28, 2021 by Vishwanath Bite. Dr. Vinod K. Chopra. Lecturer in English, GGSSS Hamirpur, (H.P.) India 177 001.
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. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a ...
