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Leaping towards the Deep Blue Sky brings together the work of three generations of Ambedkarite women poets from Maharashtra. The poems chart a journey through the formative currents of early Dalit feminist writing to the emergent queer, contemporary, political expressions of today. Read more
By Sarasvati Thuppadolla
We see the world around us closely when Dalit women write. As a first-generation graduate in my family, I fell in love with writing in all its forms early on. Driven by the urge to write about all that triggered a churn in me, the joy of life as well as the anger against injustice, particularly experienced by the women around me. In my readings of Dalit women’s poetry, I initially found deepest resonance in the words of Dalit poet Jyoti Lanjewar. Her poem “Mother” struck a chord with me… Read more