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  3. DALIT WOMEN THE MOST DALIT AMONG DALITS: REINTERPRETATION OF MARATHI DALIT WOMEN’S TESTIMINIOS
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K. Sunitha Devi

DALIT WOMEN THE MOST DALIT AMONG DALITS: REINTERPRETATION OF MARATHI DALIT WOMEN’S TESTIMINIOS

Maharashtra is a state to provide a fertile land to give birth many Dalit autobiographies written by both men and women. Numerous Dalit autobiographies have been published in regional languages and in English. Sharankumar Limbale’s Akkarmashi: The Outcaste, Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan: A Dalit’s Life, Laxman Gaikwad’s Uchalya: The Branded, Y.B. Satyanarayana’s My Father Balaiah, Daya Pawar’s Baluta, Arvind Malagatti’s The Government Brahmana, Laxman Bapu Mane’s Upara: An Outsider, Vasant Moon’s Growing Up Untouchable in India, Balbir Madhopuri’s Changia Rukh: Against the Night, Sheoraj Singh Bechain’s My Childhood on My Shoulders etc autobiographies are very famous from Maharashtra. Likewise some Dalit women writers have also written their autobiographies in Marathi which are also important from different perspectives. Some autobiographies like Urmila Pawar’s Aayadaan, Baby Kamble’s Jime Amucha etc have been translated into English, and still there are some autobiographies both in Hindi and Marathi which unfortunately could not be translated due to any reasons also should be given space.