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“Chennai Block South: Intrusion of Untouchables”
VIDEO: On GHOST IN THE TAMARIND: A NOVEL
novelist / cultural critic / translator
I write in different genres because the word is supple and powerful, sometimes more powerful than the sword
TOUCHABLE/UNTOUCHABLE: DALIT LITERATURE FROM INDIA IN TRANSLATION Ed. K. Satyanarayana & S. Shankar
Introduction reprinted in The Wire can be read for free here.
Panel on the volume during this year’s Annual Conference on South Asia at Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday, October 29th, 2026 from 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM.
S. SHANKAR 