‘I am Chandalini, and I am Proud of that. You must Accept and Respect it’: Conversation with Kalyani Thakur Charal

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“I am Chandalini, and I am Proud of that. You must Accept and Respect it”: In Conversation with Kalyani Thakur Charal
Published: Jun 30, 2024
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caste gender Bengali Dalit women suffering discrimination

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DEBDATTA CHAKRABORTY
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SARBANI BANERJEE
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Abstract

This interview with the notable Bengali Dalit woman writer in the realm of Caste and Gender Studies, Kalyani Thakur Charal, encompasses the diverse facets of caste-gender centric issues, caste-based stratification, particularly in connection with the Bengali Dalit community in the context of West Bengal. She puts forward her argument on the matters of caste-gender intersectionality, the impact of patriarchy, and the marginalization of Bengali Dalit women section. This discussion sheds light on the anti-caste struggle, which was prominent in Bengal during the colonial times, the major personas related with that struggle, the experiences of the Bengali Dalit strata in West Bengal, the partition of India in 1947 and its effect on the Bengali Dalits and most importantly the challenges faced by the Bengali Dalit women strata along with the issues of their triple marginalization.

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Vol. 61 No. 1 (2024): Faces of Precarity: Restructuring Care-mentality in Asia
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Interview
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Author Biography

SARBANI BANERJEE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

Sarbani Banerjee is an Assistant Professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Her areas of specialization include Post-Partition Indian Literature and Cinema, Indigenous and Alternate Spiritualities, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, and South Asian Literature and Culture. She has published more than 20 papers in refereed journals like Routledge.

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