Dev Kumar (born 4 February 1972) is a

Dalit Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...

writer and dramatist from India. A member of the

Bhangi Chuhra, also known as Bhanghi and Balmiki, is a Dalit caste in India and Pakistan. Populated regions include the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, as well as Uttar Pradesh in India, among other parts of the Indian subcontinent such as south ...

community, he established the Apna Theatre in April 1992. This has performed in

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

and surrounding areas with the aim of arousing Dalit consciousness.

Works

Kumar's plays include: *Daastan *Bhadra Angulimaal *Chakradhari *Sudarshan *Kapat *Agayat Etihaas

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Dev Living people 1972 births Dramatists and playwrights from Uttar Pradesh Hindi-language writers Writers from Kanpur