Kisumbukkaran

Name: Kisumbukkaran
Author: Bama

About the author

Tamil Dalit writer whose autobiographical Karukku gave a voice to the oppression of Dalit women in Tamil Nadu. She is a pioneering figure in Dalit literature, writing with anger and spiritual force about caste discrimination.

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KarukkuAutobiographical account of a Dalit woman's oppression and escape from convent
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