Dalit Dialogues: Indian Dalit Plays in English Translation
ACHINTYA BISWAS · Mohan Parmar · Shri Shivprasanna Das · Du Saraswathi · Samkutty Pattomkary · Datta Bhagat · Dolamani Kandher · Gurmeet Karyalvi · K. A. Gunasekaran · Kolakaluri Enoch · Madhava Arladka
Oct 2026 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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The first volume of Dalit plays available in English translation, this collection bridges the gap to unheard voices within Dalit literature.
Dalit Dialogues gathers together eleven Dalit plays originally written in a broad scope of Indian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu. The plays in the collection span both a wide range of provinces and time periods and demonstrate a wide range of dramatic conventions and theatrical forms.
In turning its attention towards plays and theatre, this book opens out an area of study that is largely underrepresented in Indian Dalit literature. As the first book of its kind, Dalit Dialogues aims to highlight the importance of the discipline within the context of the wider Dalit movement in India.
Edited by Shubhendu Shekhar Naskar, recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant, this collection introduces Dalit playwrights – all of them writing in the vernacular – to an English-speaking readership. His critical introduction is accompanied by translators' notes, each providing wider context and a critical apparatus for students to explore the language and themes of the plays.
Written for translators, future researchers and students of Global theatre, this collection contributes to the development of the literary aesthetics of resistance by addressing the depiction of caste, class and gender-based marginalisation within the framework of postcolonial Indian theatre.
Dalit Dialogues gathers together eleven Dalit plays originally written in a broad scope of Indian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu. The plays in the collection span both a wide range of provinces and time periods and demonstrate a wide range of dramatic conventions and theatrical forms.
In turning its attention towards plays and theatre, this book opens out an area of study that is largely underrepresented in Indian Dalit literature. As the first book of its kind, Dalit Dialogues aims to highlight the importance of the discipline within the context of the wider Dalit movement in India.
Edited by Shubhendu Shekhar Naskar, recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant, this collection introduces Dalit playwrights – all of them writing in the vernacular – to an English-speaking readership. His critical introduction is accompanied by translators' notes, each providing wider context and a critical apparatus for students to explore the language and themes of the plays.
Written for translators, future researchers and students of Global theatre, this collection contributes to the development of the literary aesthetics of resistance by addressing the depiction of caste, class and gender-based marginalisation within the framework of postcolonial Indian theatre.
The first volume of Dalit plays available in English translation, this collection bridges the gap to unheard voices within Dalit literature.
Dalit Dialogues gathers together eleven Dalit plays originally written in a broad scope of Indian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, ...
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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.
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 ...
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