Casting Out The Caste Akkarmashi The Outcaste

This anthology brings together an extremely diverse array of theoretical meditations on the nature of modern Dalit autobiography. What’s refreshing about the essays anthologised here is that they look beyond the content of “lived” Dalit life and explore its “telling” on page. Dalit autobiography as per this selection is not a truth telling exercise of purely sociological relevance but an aesthetic experimentation with the form of life narrative. This promising anthology will certainly be of interest to all students of literature and not just marginality studies. Highly recommended

'Casting out the Caste Akkarmashi: The Outcaste' is one of the substantial outcomes of Dalit studies. The edition is a comprehensive critical presentation of assorted perspectives of diverse scholars on the reading of Sharankumar Limbale’s autobiography 'The Outcaste'. The text is a valuable reference book for literature students, teachers, and researchers and may be taught in the context of social justice and human rights.

A must read comprehensive critical text to engage with Dalit author Sharan Kumar Limbale's autobiography titled Akkarmashi. All the essays in this collection cover several aspects of Dalit identity and caste question. The analysis are refreshingly nuanced and to the point.