Poetry Reading with Kalyani Thakur Charal

Kalyani Thakur Charal is a Dalit feminist poet writing in the Bengali language. She has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of critical essays, a collection of short stories, and an autobiography. She edits the Dalit women’s magazine Neer, is on the board of a publishing house focusing solely on Dalit writers, and on the Dalit Sahitya Akademi. She recently edited Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writing from Bengal. Kalyani’s vision of social justice, democracy and equality is inspiring and powerful. Join her for poetry and readings from her novel Andhar Bil, and a discussion about her activist and editorial work. An English translation of her poetry is going to be published by Tilted Axis Press in March 2023 with the title, “I Belong to Nowhere’.

Contact: ar75@soas.ac.uk for further info on the event.