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Volume 17:7 July 2017
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Literature as Protest:
Thematic and Interpretative Analysis of
Siddalingaiah’s Select Poems

Dr. S. Ramanathan, Ph.D.


Dr. Siddalingiah
Courtesy: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/current-affairs/250116/non-dalit-poor-too-must-get-quota-dr-siddalingaiah-dalit-poet.html

Abstract

Siddalingaiah, a Leading Kannada Poet

Siddalingaiah is a leading Kannada poet and public intellectual and the founder of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti. He has played a powerful role in Dalit movement in Karnataka in the 1970s and 1980s. He has also participated in many agitations. His lyrics which are published as HolemaadigaraHaadu (Songs of Holeya and Madiga) are often sung at public meetings and demonstrations. He has published several collections of poetry and an autobiography, OoruKeri(in two volumes). Like all other Dalit writings, Sinddalingaiah’s writings are also translated into English by many scholars; his autobiography is also rendered in English as AWord WithYou, World: The Autobiography of a Poet. He has been the Head of the Department of Kannada at the Bangalore University and a Member of Legislative Council. He is currently the chairman of Kannada Book Authority.

Keywords:

Ostracizing Dalits

The atrocities committed by non-Dalit castes against the Dalits even in modern days in spite of laws against such atrocities, trigger vehement anger in the minds of Dalit Intellectuals. For them, literary discourses are no longer the aesthetic entertainments than tools. They use literature to express their anger. Their anger is against the society which has subjugated them. Whenever so-called upper caste people need the service of Dalits they make them enter their homes through the backdoor and in all other times their entry is prohibited

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Dr. S. Ramanathan, Ph.D.
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VHNSN College
Virudhunagar 626001
Tamilnadu
India
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