Desperate Men and Women: Ten Dalits Short Stories From India

Dalit literature in India exposes the hitherto unknown facets of social reality, and, in doing so, adds new dimension to creativity. This collection of ten short stories in Indian English depicts the evils of caste system and its maddening effects on the individuals. These men and women, struggling stoically against the hostile circumstances, hardly know the fact that it is not the Fate or Providence that defies their efforts to survive but the social structure in which they are trapped perpetually. Set in the various Indian regions, representing the nation as a whole, the stories evoke profound pathos and pleasure of acquaintance with desperate men and women in India suffering from the pangs of untouchability. Narrated in a lucid style, they occasionally evoke sarcastic overtones. About The Author:- B. Rangrao is a noted Dalit writer in Marathi, his first language, whose books have won prestigious literary awards in the state. He is the former Professor of English at Mumbai University. He has to his credti collection of poems in English, besides critical books on English poetry, contemporary Indian English novel and contemporary American literature. Also, he has edited Dali Poetry in Marathi for Sahitya Akademi, and was the editor of Indian Literary Panorama, a biannual dedicated to contemporary Indian life and literature. Contents:- Contents, Preface, Acknowledgement, Introduction, Childbirth, Death of a Rich Man, Farewell, When the Sun God Refused to Set, And Quiet Flowed the Purnamai, A Tale Told by a Scavenger, Cobbler, Cobbler Mend My Shoe, Loneliness of An Ex-soldier, Kulatha Rangan, Confessions of a Graveyard Keeper, Index The Title 'Desperate Men and Women: Ten Dalits Short Stories From India written/authored/edited by B. Rangrao', published in the year 2013. The ISBN 9788178359984 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 113 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Scheduled Castes / OBC / Minorities. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-