This unique selection of the heart-rending expression in prose and poetry by contemporary Dalit poets are passionate protests of the rejected.

Contents: Some words by way of preface to Dalit poems by Mulk Raj Anand Dalit Sahitya: The Historical Background by Eleanor Zelliot Hira Bansode Bosom Friend Slave O Great Man Phralad Chendwankar Empty Advice Patil Arjun Dangle Revolution Namdeo Dhasal Amber/Sky Alcohols in the Glass Leaving the House Their Eternal Pity Now, Now Ambedkar: 79 Ambedkar: 80 So That My Mother May be Convinced Song of the Republic and the Dog On the Way to the Durgah Poverty as My Own Independent Piece of Land Mina Gaybhiye The Weeping Wound of Centuries Both Are Useless Anuradha Gaurav Request Arun Kamble Speech The Life We Live Primal Bond Waman Kardak I Don t Get Angry In the Darkness within Me Jyoti Lanjewar Mother The Nameless Ones Mina Londe Yeshwant Manohar I am Ready for Revolt Keshav Meshram One Day I Cursed that Mother f**** God Waman Nimbalkar Mother Caste Words Daya Pawar Buddha The Gods of Ochre The City Four Poems: 1-Hiroshima Four Poems: 2-Oh! Great Poet Four Poems:3- You Wrote from Los Angeles Four Poems: 4-Tree Sanskrit Siddartha Nagar J.V. Pawar I Have Become the Tide It s Reddening on the Horizon Naked Mind Trymbak Sapkale Angulimal Eklavya Do you Want be a Mother Day Navayan Surve For I am a Brahma Suggestions for Further Reading in English.



Author Bio: Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, is the author of the novel, Untouchable, which has been translated into twentyfive languages of the world and a Penguin contemporary classic. Dr. Eleanor Zelliot, is a noted academician of Dalit literature, and Professor of History in Carelton College, Northfield Main, Minesota, USA>