A Mahar speaks: Daya Pawar’s Baluta
The story of freedom struggle in a “free” India, that of the Mahar community What does it mean to belong to the “lower caste” in a society pregnant with hardened attitudes borne of the pervasive nature of the caste system? Daya Pawar’s autobiographical book Baluta, translated from Marathi by Jerry Pinto, explores a demeaning practice […]
