{"product_id":"poisoned-bread-9788125037545","title":"Poisoned Bread","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arjun Dangle (Ed.)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilenced for centuries by caste prejudice and social oppression, the Dalits of Maharashtra have, in the last sixty years, found a powerful voice in Marathi literature. The revolutionary social movement launched by their leader, Dr Ambedkar, was paralleled by a wave of writing that exploded in poetry, prose, fiction and autobiography of a raw vigour, maturity, depth and richness of content, and shocking in its exposition of the bitterness of their experiences. One is jolted too, by the quality of writing of a group denied access for long ages to any literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen published in 1992, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoisoned Bread\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was the first anthology of Dalit literature. The writers-more than eighty of them-presented here in English translations, are nearly all of the most prominent figures in Marathi Dalit literature, who have contributed to this unique literary phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes an essay by Gail Omvedt (1941-2021), a distinguished scholar-activist who worked with new social movements. Omvedt was actively involved in anti-caste campaigns from the 1970s until her passing. She lived and worked in Maharashtra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616502898839,"sku":"9788125037545","price":1061.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125037545.webp?v=1769294959","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poisoned-bread-9788125037545","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}