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ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱥᱟᱢᱤ
	᱒᱐᱑᱖ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ	ᱤᱞᱟᱵᱷᱮᱱᱤᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱥᱟᱢᱤ; 1984 (age 41–42); ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞᱱᱟᱰᱩ, ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛ
ᱵᱟᱦᱟᱱᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ	ᱢᱤᱱᱟ
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ	ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟᱤᱭᱟᱹ
ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱛ	ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ
ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ	B.A. (ᱢᱟᱰᱨᱟᱥ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ); M.A. (ᱢᱟᱰᱨᱟᱥ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ); Ph.D. (ᱟᱱᱱᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ);
ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱥᱲᱟ	ᱢᱟᱰᱨᱟᱥ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱱᱱᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ, ᱪᱮᱱᱱᱟᱭ
ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱛᱷᱚᱠ	ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱞ
ᱥᱟᱛᱟᱢ ᱠᱚ	ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱟᱨᱤ ᱱᱭᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ
ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱲᱟᱣᱱᱟ	ᱫᱚᱞᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ
ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱮᱱᱮᱢ	The Orders Were to Rape You (᱒᱐᱒᱑)
ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟᱹ	᱒᱐᱒᱒ Hermann Kesten Prize
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ᱟᱭᱳ ᱵᱟᱵᱟ ᱠᱚ	ᱰᱨ. ᱵᱤ. ᱵᱤ. ᱵᱟᱥᱚᱱᱛᱷᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱥᱟᱢᱤ (ᱟᱭᱳ) ᱟᱨ ᱠᱮ. ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱥᱟᱢᱤ (ᱵᱟᱵᱟ)

ᱤᱞᱟᱵᱷᱮᱱᱤᱞ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱥᱟᱢᱤ (ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱒, ᱑᱙᱘᱔) ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱱᱦᱚᱲᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱯᱷᱤᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱟᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱪᱮᱱᱱᱟᱭ, ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞᱱᱟᱰᱩ, ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾^[᱑] ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱚᱱᱦᱚᱲ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱮ ᱩᱪᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ - Touch (᱒᱐᱐᱖) ᱟᱨ Ms. Militancy (᱒᱐᱑᱐) ᱾ ᱒᱐᱐᱑ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱒᱐᱐᱒ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ, ᱟᱡ ᱫᱚ The Dalit ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱯᱟᱛᱷᱟᱢ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱮᱛ ᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾^[᱒]

ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ

᱑᱙᱘᱔ ᱥᱟᱞᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱟᱭᱳ-ᱵᱟᱵᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱱᱟ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱜᱮ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱤᱱ ᱾^[᱓] ᱟᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱩᱢᱮᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱚᱱᱦᱚᱲ ᱚᱞ ᱮ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱱᱱᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱳᱥᱤᱭᱳ-ᱞᱤᱝᱜᱩᱭᱤᱥᱴᱤᱠᱥ (Socio-linguistics) ᱨᱮ Ph.D. ᱰᱤᱜᱽᱨᱤ ᱮ ᱟᱢᱮᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾^[᱑] ᱑᱗ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱩᱢᱮᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱟᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱦᱚᱲ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱚᱞᱤᱛ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱮ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ

ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱣᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱱᱚᱡᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱟᱹᱨᱤ (caste) ᱪᱟᱵᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ, ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱦᱚᱠ (feminism) ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱩᱯᱨᱩᱢ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, "ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱰᱷᱟᱸᱪᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱭ ᱛᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱢ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱮᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱤᱴ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱸᱡᱟ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ-ᱮ ᱵᱚᱨᱦᱮ ᱢᱮᱭᱟ, ᱡᱮᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ (academic language) ᱨᱮ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ-ᱟ," ᱚᱱᱟᱛᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱦᱩᱞᱜᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ (activism) ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱜᱮ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣᱟ ᱾

ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱛᱩᱢᱟᱹᱞ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ 'Touch', ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ ᱒᱐᱐᱖ ᱨᱮ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱩᱯᱨᱩᱢ (foreword) ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱢᱚᱞᱟ ᱫᱟᱥ ᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱞᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱜᱮ 'Ms. Militancy' ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ-ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱷ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱦᱚᱠ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱚᱡᱚᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱱᱤ (myths) ᱠᱚᱭ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ 'ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱯᱟᱛᱷᱤᱠᱟᱨᱟᱢ' ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱱᱟᱭᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱚᱱᱱᱟᱠᱤ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱟᱵᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱮᱞᱮᱠᱟ "Mascara" ᱟᱨ "My Lover Speaks of Rape" ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱦᱮᱯᱨᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱟᱢᱮᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ 'Touch' ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱩᱞ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱡ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱞᱚᱪᱚᱱᱟ (criticised) ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱨᱮᱦᱚᱸ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱛᱟᱢ ᱠᱚᱫᱚ "ᱨᱟᱹᱥᱠᱟᱹ ᱟᱱᱟᱜ" ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ 'Ms. Militancy' ᱨᱮᱫᱚ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱩᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱛᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ "ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱤᱡ" ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ 'ᱫᱚ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ' (The Hindu) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱤᱵᱷᱤᱣ ᱨᱮ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱱᱮᱜᱮᱴᱤᱵᱷ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱞᱚᱪᱚᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱩᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱡᱮ, ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱣᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱫᱚ "ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ" (mainstream) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ "ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱟᱡ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱱᱠᱟᱱ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱡᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱲ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ-ᱟ" ᱾ 'Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies' ᱨᱮ 'Touch' ᱟᱨ 'Ms. Militancy' ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱥᱞᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱠᱟᱱ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ-ᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱫᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱦᱟᱪᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱟᱜᱟᱢ (future) ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ-ᱮ ᱠᱩᱨᱩᱢᱩᱴᱩ ᱮᱫᱟ ᱾

'Sampsonia Way' ᱢᱮᱜᱟᱡᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱵᱷᱤᱣ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ: "ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱜᱽᱱᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ, ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱫ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱮᱨᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱹᱜᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱩᱠᱤ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱟᱹᱥᱩ ᱛᱮ ᱪᱷᱟᱴᱯᱟᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱭᱟᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ, ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱩᱨᱵᱟᱱᱤ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱜᱚᱰ ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱾ ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱧ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱨᱚᱲᱟ, ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱧ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ-ᱮ ᱨᱚᱲᱟ ᱾"

ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱟᱱᱛᱷᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱨᱱᱟᱞ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱮᱞᱮᱠᱟ 'Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry', 'The Little Magazine', 'Kavya Bharati', 'Indian Literature', 'Poetry International Web', 'Muse India', 'Quarterly Literary Review', 'Outlook', 'Tehelka' ᱟᱨ 'The New Indian Express' ᱾ ᱒᱐᱐᱙ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱳᱣᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ (University of Iowa) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ International Writing Program ᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱱᱮᱣᱛᱟ ᱞᱮᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱮᱱᱴ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮ Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱦᱟᱞ ᱞᱮᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱤᱴᱥᱵᱚᱨᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Concert, ᱰᱟᱨᱵᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱑᱔ ᱟᱱᱟᱜ Poetry Africa International Festival (᱒᱐᱑᱐), ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱭᱯᱩᱨ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱯᱮᱲᱟ (Jaipur Literature Festival) ᱒᱐᱑᱑ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱱᱟᱭ ᱾

ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱮᱨᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱫᱚᱞᱤᱛ ᱱᱮᱛᱟ ᱟᱭᱭᱟᱱᱠᱟᱞᱤ (Ayyankali) ᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ 'AYYANKALI: A Dalit leader of Organic Protest' ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ-ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱑᱔ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱤᱞᱵᱷᱮᱱᱢᱟᱱᱤ ᱜᱚᱯᱚᱡ (Kilvenmani massacre) ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱩᱯᱚᱱᱭᱟᱥ 'The Gypsy Goddess' ᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱑᱗ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱩᱯᱚᱱᱭᱟᱥ 'When I Hit You' ᱫᱚ ᱒᱐᱑᱘ ᱨᱮ Women's Prize for Fiction ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱥᱚᱨᱴᱞᱤᱥᱴ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱒᱒ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ Royal Society of Literature ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ Fellow ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱱᱟᱭ ᱾

ᱦᱩᱞᱜᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ (As activist)

ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱝ (gender) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱛᱟᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱞᱚᱪᱚᱱᱟ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱣ ᱫᱷᱚᱢᱚᱠ ᱠᱚᱦᱚᱸᱭ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚᱭ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ, "ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱦᱤᱝᱥᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱢ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱚᱞᱟ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱭ ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱣᱠᱟᱹ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱭ ᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱾" ᱒᱐᱑᱒ ᱨᱮ, ᱦᱟᱭᱫᱽᱨᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱳᱥᱢᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱞᱤᱛ ᱯᱟᱹᱴᱷᱩᱣᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱦᱚᱥᱴᱮᱞ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ "ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱟᱥᱤᱵᱟᱫᱽ" ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱷ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ 'ᱵᱤᱯᱷ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱴᱤᱵᱟᱞ' (beef eating festival) ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱜᱚᱲᱚᱭ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱤᱡ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱣ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱫᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱾ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱜᱟᱶᱛᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱤᱡ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱷ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ (As translator)

ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱦᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱫᱽ (prose) ᱠᱚ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱛᱮᱭ ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟᱨ (Periyar E. V. Ramasamy), ᱛᱷᱚᱞ. ᱛᱷᱤᱨᱩᱢᱟᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱵᱷᱟᱱ (Thol. Thirumavalavan) ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞ ᱤᱞᱟᱢ (Tamil Eelam) ᱨᱤᱱ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱒᱐᱒᱓ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱷᱤᱨᱩᱠᱠᱩᱨᱟᱞ (Thirukkural) ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ 'Book of Desire' ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ-ᱱᱚᱡᱚᱨ ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱮ ᱩᱪᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱟᱠᱴᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ (As actor)

ᱢᱤᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱒᱐᱑᱔ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱞᱟᱭᱟᱞᱟᱢ ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱢ 'Oraalppokkam' ᱨᱮ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱟᱠᱴᱤᱝ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱞᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱨᱟᱣᱩᱰᱯᱷᱚᱱᱰᱮᱰ (crowdfunded) ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱯᱷᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹᱞ ᱢᱟᱞᱟᱭᱟᱞᱟᱢ ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱢ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ

* Hermann Kesten Prize (᱒᱐᱒᱒): ᱡᱚᱨᱢᱟᱱᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ PEN ᱥᱮᱱᱴᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱾

ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱫ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱚ

ᱚᱱᱚᱬᱦᱮ(Poetry)

Kandasamy, Meena (2005). The Eighth Day of Creation. Slow Trains.
Kandasamy, Meena (2006). TOUCH. Mumbai: Peacock Books. ISBN 978-8188811878.
Kandasamy, Meena (2015). #ThisPoemWillProvokeYou & Other Poems. India: HarperCollins.
Kandasamy, Meena (2018). We Are Not The Citizens. London: Tangerine Press.
Kandasamy, Meena (2019). Ms. Militancy. New Delhi: Navayana. ISBN 978-8189059903.
Kandasamy, Meena (2023). Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1838959029.^[᱔]

ᱜᱟᱢᱟᱢ(Novels)

Kandasamy, Meena (2014). The Gypsy Goddess. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1782391784.
Kandasamy, Meena (2017). When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-9386228840.
Kandasamy, Meena (2019). Exquisite Cadavers. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1786499653.
Kandasamy, Meena (2026). Fieldwork as a Sex Object (in English). India: HarperCollins. ISBN 9781846016592.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

ᱵᱤᱱ-ᱯᱷᱤᱠᱥᱚᱱ(Non-Fiction)

Kandasamy, Meena; Nisar, M. (2007). Ayyankali: A Dalit leader of Organic Protest. Calicut: Sahithi Books. ISBN 978-81-90388764.
Kandasamy, Meena (2021). The Orders Were To Rape You : Tigresses in the Tamil Eelam Struggle. New Delhi: Navayana. ISBN 978-8194865445.
Kandasamy, Meena (2025). A Wise One, a Warrior. Objects Talk Back. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-3035807547.

ᱛᱚᱨᱡᱚᱢᱟ (Translations)

Thirumavalavan, Tholkappiyan (2003). Talisman: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena. Kolkata: Samya Books. ISBN 978-8185604688.
Thirumavalavan, Tholkappiyan (2004). Uproot Hindutva: The Fiery Voice of the Liberation Panthers. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena. Kolkata: Samya Books. ISBN 978-8185604794.
Ramasamy, Periyar E.V. (2007). Why Were Women Enslaved?. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena. Chennai: The Periyar Self-Respect Propaganda Institution. ISBN 978-9395268325.
Ravikumar, D. (2010). Waking is Another Dream: Poems on the Genocide in Tamil Eelam. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena; Ravishannker. New Delhi: Navayana. ISBN 978-8189059378.
Maithri, Malathi; Salma, Rajathi; Revathi, Kutti; Sukirtharani (2018). Desires Become Demons: Poems of Four Tamil Women Poets. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena. Sheffield: Tilted Axis Press. ISBN 978-1911284260.
Thiruvalluvar (2023). Thirukkural: The Book of Desire. Translated by Kandasamy, Meena. New Delhi: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0670097081.

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

1 2 INDIA Being Untouchable, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, 2010.
↑ Poetry International Rotterdam, 2019.
↑ Rediff.com interview, 2012.
↑ Gupta, Saachi (2024-02-17). "Meena Kandasamy wrote 'Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You' over the course of 14 years". Vogue India (in Indian English). Retrieved 2024-10-18.

ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

* ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱣᱮᱵᱽᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ

[csw-1] 1 2 INDIA Being Untouchable, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, 2010.

[2] Poetry International Rotterdam, 2019.

[rediff-3] Rediff.com interview, 2012.

[4] Gupta, Saachi (2024-02-17). "Meena Kandasamy wrote 'Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You' over the course of 14 years". Vogue India (in Indian English). Retrieved 2024-10-18.

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