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      • Dalcò Edizioni S.r.l. / DE Publishing

        Dalcò Edizioni is an independent publishing house based in Parma, Milano and New York. For over twenty years we have been specialized in gastronomic and lifestyle books, which we publish with the Food Editore brand. As a packager we design and create general non-fiction and illustrated books for children with a strong educational component. All our projects are designed both for the Italian and international market.   Visit www.dalco-online.com to discover more or contact us: rights@dalcoedizioni.it

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      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2020

        Memoirs of a Dalit Communist

        The Many Worlds of R.B. More

        by Satyendra More

        R.B. More (1903–1972) was a leader in Babasaheb Ambedkar’s movement, a trade unionist and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). More’s life, narrated in his words and those of his son Satyendra, illuminates the conflict between the promise of Marxist emancipation and the hard reality of the hierarchies of caste. His radicalism challenged both the limits of the politics of caste and the politics of the Left; his was a politics that frontally challenged the rigidities of the caste system and of the class structure. This memoir, written in Marathi, is here published for the first time in English. This is a rare work that brings together family history, political thought, and the social experience of urban workers whose lives are intertwined with the city they built, Bombay.

      • Sociology & anthropology
        January 2021

        Outcaste Bombay

        by Juned Shaikh

        This monograph presents a history of caste and class in the modern city through the experience of Dalits (members of the lowest caste) in twentieth-century Bombay. There, urban life did not dismantle caste, but instead made it robust and insulated it in the garb of modernity. Juned Shaikh demonstrates that the urban built environment and language are two sites for the habitation of caste in Bombay, as they are the spaces where it was concealed and eclipsed by class. The built environment is thus a quintessential marker, in which elements such as housing, tenements, slums, water supply, and drainage systems readily divulge the class of inhabitants. Shaikh explores the intersection and entanglement of caste and class by focusing on a cluster of groups that occupied subordinate positions in both these hierarchies: the Dalits. Their experience is relevant not only to South Asianists, but resonates with that of oppressed populations throughout the world.

      • Biography & True Stories

        Ayyodidasar Thodanki Vaitha Arapporattam

        by Prem

        Ayyothidaasar Thodanki Vaittha Arapporaattam ( 2019) A book on the philosophy,politics and counter historiography of the pioneering ideologue Ayyothidaasa Pandithar who reconstructed the Radical Buddhism as a liberation movement in Tamil. The 19 articles of the collection are discussing the Dalit politics, ideology with reference to Ayyothidaasar and Ambedkar in postmodern context. Some of the articles are reevaluation of Dalit discourse anddeconstruction of Tamil and Indian Nationalism. This book has been playing a pivotal role in the domain of Dalit political debates and it provides a set of counter arguments against the Hindutva construction and Hindu revivalism in historical and philosophical context.

      • Biography & True Stories
        2018

        Strike a Blow to Change the World

        by Eknath Awad (Translated by Jerry Pinto)

        ‘This is an inspiring book by an inspiring man and deserves to be widely read…A must-read for all those interested in Dalit politics and caste change.’—Hugo Gorringe, author of Untouchable Citizens Eknath Awad was a rare Dalit Mang activist from the Marathwada region of Maharastra, who fought for the rights of all underprivileged communities, irrespective of their caste or religion. In his compelling autobiography, Awad describes his rage against the humiliation of the Mangs by the upper castes; and his struggle to overcome caste prejudices as well as extreme poverty to get an education. He revisits his heady days of activism: rejecting caste-based labour and religious practices by cutting the Potraj’s dreadlocks; joining the Dalit Panthers; being at the forefront of the Land Rights Movement; battling to rename Marathwada University after Dr Ambedkar; and working with an NGO in Thane that helped free Adivasis from bonded labour. He writes about his decision to return to Marathwada, where he continued to fight against caste-based discrimination until his death. Awad doesn’t shy away from admitting his shortcomings, such as his tendency to resort to violence to settle disputes. He also recounts the casteism he faced from other Mangs, and his pain and disillusionment after some of them attempted to kill him. Originally published in Marathi as Jag Badal Ghaluni Ghaav, Jerry Pinto’s remarkable translation makes this inspiring book available in English for the first time.

      • Fiction

        Kūkai (The Owl)

        Literary Award Winning Author: Contesting Marginality of Tamil Dalits

        by Cho. Dharman

        Kūkai means Owl. It is a night bird. Its eyes are blind in the daylight and it is unaware of its strength. Owl does not fancy migration. It will continue to live and die in the same place. It will live in a tree hollow in fear and desperation. If other birds happen to see the owl, they would attack pecking and chasing and eventually leading to its death. This novel is written symbolising owl to Dalits. The cruelties and sufferings faced by these so-called untouchables are aesthetically narrated in this novel.

      • Fiction
        January 2018

        When I Hid My Caste

        Stories

        by Baburao Bagul (Translated by Jerry Pinto)

        ‘Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti (When I Hid My Caste) was hailed as “the epic of Dalits”. These brilliant stories gave Dalits the strength to face the painful and humiliating experiences of their wretched lives...’—K Satyanarayana and Susie Tharu Baburao Bagul’s debut collection of short stories, Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti (1963), revolutionized Dalit literature, bringing to it raw energy and a radical realism—a refusal to understate or dress up gritty, brutal reality. Through the lives of people on the margins, Bagul exposed the pain, horror and rage of the Dalit experience. The unnamed young protagonist of the title story risks his life and job, and conceals his caste from his fellow workers in the hope of bringing about social change. Damu, the village Mahar, demands the right to perform a religious masque—a preserve of the upper castes—thus disrupting the village order. Jaichand Rathod revolts against his parents’ wishes and refuses to take up the caste-enforced task of manual scavenging. Years of repressed maternal love begins to resurface when, in the face of death, Banoo calls out to her estranged son. And behind Savitri’s desire for revenge lies the gruesome pain she suffered at the hands of her husband. Utterly unsparing in its depiction of the vicious and inhumane centuries-old caste system, this landmark book is now finally available in English, in a brilliant new translation by the award-winning author and translator Jerry Pinto.

      • OUR STRUGGLE FOR EMANCIPATION

        by P.R.VENKATSWAMY

        This is the iconic book which details the history of the Dalit movement in Hyderabad State from 1906 till about 1953. It spans one of the most exciting periods of Hyderabad’s history – the Nizam’s rule, opposition to it from the Congress and Andhra Mahasabha, the rise of small-scale organizations of the dalit castes, their metamorphosis into a full-blown anti-Hindu movement, the rise of the Razakars and the take-over of Hyderabad State by the Indian Union. The movements were not just about the reform of caste cultures as much as about asserting the rights of the dalit castes and the mechanisms of upper caste domination. The Hyderabad movement and perspectives were closely associated with Ambedkar and opposition to Congress and the Gandhians. Venkatswamy himself was an active participant and the book is a fascinating ringside view of the events of the times.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Pinnaveenathuvam Pirakana Marxiam

        by Prem

        Postmodern Reading - Pinnaveenathuvam Pirakaana Marxiyam (2019) is a book of Postmodern and Postcolonial readings of Marxist Theory, Politics and Philosophy. It is a collection of 25 articles, serialized in the Magazine Uyir Ezhuthu during Karl Marx 200 under one topic ‘Postmodern Marxism’. The contemporary debates on validity of Marxism in twenty first century are thecontext; Marxism in India is subtext of these articles. Reading of Marxism with the question of Ecopolitics, Feminist Politics and Dalit Politics is the salient feature of these articles.

      • Education

        Challenges for Inclusion

        Educational and Social Studies From Britain and the Indian Sub-Continent

        by Bagley, C.R.

        This book reviews current controversies and dilemmas in the educational and social development of children and adolescents in Britain, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Britain is contrasted with the Indian Sub-Continent because in theory at least, Britain has policies which should enable young people to be fully integrated within the educational system, whatever the degree of their original disability, while in the Indian Sub-Continent such educational opportunities are denied to many children because of problems of social structure, values, and poverty. The rights of the disabled to full inclusion are emphasized in two chapters by Sharon Rustemier. But a chapter by Dame Mary Warnock whose report to government designed the system for educational inclusion, shows that British policies for inclusion of the disabled are not working. The chapter by Bagley outlines the 'poverty of education' in Britain, which means that in a highly stratified society many children – both poor and disabled - are excluded from mainstream education by decisions based on school policies and neighbourhood disadvantage. India in contrast is a culture in which inclusion of the disabled within educational systems is marred by economic poverty, as well as deliberate policies which deny Dalits (formerly known as 'Untouchables') access to many kinds of educational opportunity. Nevertheless, there are pockets of good practice in India including the legal framework for action, which chapters by Jha and Jaya identify. The history of educational initiatives for social and educational of the very poor of Bangladesh are reviewed in detail since these initiatives illustrate the work of a unique NGO (BRAC – the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) which offers advancement for the poorest of the poor in a nation that is significantly poorer than India. Nepal too is also one of the poorest nations on earth, and we offer a detailed account of the trafficking of women and girls from Nepal into Indian brothels. These girls are permanently excluded from all social and educational networks, and their plight poses a major challenge for the movement for the social and educational inclusion of all children.

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