K. Satyanarayana (academic)
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Kusuma Satyanarayana is an Indian scholar, editor and anti-caste activist. He is a Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies,
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(EFL-U),
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, and concentrates in the burgeoning field of
Dalit studies Dalit studies is a new field of research in India which looks at the problem of marginalised groups, namely Dalits, tribals, religious minorities, women from excluded groups, denotified tribes, physically challenged and similar groups in economic ...
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Biography

Satyanarayana earned an M.A. and M.Phil from the
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, and his Ph.D. from English and Foreign Languages University. Active in the Andhra student movement during the 1990s, he is the founder-general secretary of ''Kula Nirmoolana Porata Samiti'' (Forum for Caste Annihilation). He also edited the magazine ''Kulanirmoolana''. His research interests are in the field of
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 ...
studies and literary history. An anthology of Dalit writing that he co-edited, with
Susie Tharu Susie Tharu (born 1943) is an Indian writer, publisher, professor, editor and women's activist. Throughout her career and the founding of several women's activist organizations, Tharu has helped to highlight those issues in India. Career Tharu ...
, ''The Exercise of Freedom'' (2013) is prescribed as core text for the
University of Kerala University of Kerala (formerly known as University of Travancore) is a state-run public university in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithi ...
’s course on Dalit writing. He is the co-editor with
Susie Tharu Susie Tharu (born 1943) is an Indian writer, publisher, professor, editor and women's activist. Throughout her career and the founding of several women's activist organizations, Tharu has helped to highlight those issues in India. Career Tharu ...
of ''No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 1: Tamil and Malayalam'' (Penguin Books, 2011) and ''From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu'' (HarperCollins India, 2013). These books have been described as offering "a complex portrait of contemporary dalit politics that spurs readers on to make their own discoveries and assessments" Reviewing ''Alphabet in Sight'' in ''
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'' the cultural critic Pramod K Nayar writes, "''No Alphabet in Sight'' might well be the alternative history of Indian literature we have been waiting for... The significance of this volume lies in its potential to change the way we read Indian cultural history. It reveals so many speaking subjects, and voices that are powerful but rarely petulant, poignant yet polemical. It places upon us, the readers, an ethical demand, to respond in certain ways, for there are no neutral ways of reading these texts (just as there are no neutral ways of reading Holocaust narratives)."


Bibliography

* Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2011) ''No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 1: Tamil and Malayalam'', New Delhi: Penguin Books.
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* Satyanarayana, K & Susie Tharu (2013)
From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu
', New Delhi: HarperCollins India. * Satyanarayana, K and Tharu, Susie Eds. (2013) ''The Exercise of Freedom: An Introduction to Dalit Writing'', New Delhi: Navayana
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