Untouchable Poems

Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society

Suryaraju Mattimalla

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9798385228034
  9798385228041
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385228058
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

A summary of untouchable poetry would entail a discussion of the several topics and ideas that are typical of this genre. Identity and Marginalization: Untouchable poetry addresses the difficult issues of how identities are formed in response to marginalization and prejudice based on caste. The poets consistently depict social exclusion experiences and the struggles they faced to maintain their humanity and dignity. Social Injustice and Oppression: Untouchable poets, in fact, raise powerful and audible voices in opposition to the atrocities and social injustices that continue to be meted out to them, including caste violence and untouchability, in addition to being denied access to desirable jobs and education in society at large. Their poetry is a powerful cry for social fairness and reform. Untouchable poets typically use this technique to attack the dominant cultural norms and traditions that uphold caste-based inequalities and discriminatory practices. Additionally, he will present counterculture and alternative discourses that highlight the perspective and voice of the underprivileged. Since untouchable poetry offers voice to a community that has been marginalized and silenced due to opposition from the ruling class and established structures, it is generally seen as their resistance literature.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword by Oskar Schmid
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Origin of Untouchability
• 2. Echoes of Exclusion
• 3. Denied the Right to Sit before the Hindus
• 4. Barred from the Hindu Village Well, Kept at Bay
• 5. The Ladder Caste System
• 6. Denied Access to the Hindu Spaces
• 7. Untouchables Should Not Sit in Front of Hindus
• 8. Genocide against Untouchable Castes
• 9. Religions and Their Genocide against Untouchables
• 10. “Untouchable” under the “Brahmin” Peshwa Rule
• 11. King Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda: A Tale of Generosity toward Ambedkar
• 12. Philosopher Ambedkar: The Western Knowledge in Eastern Spaces
• 13. Temple Entry Movement for Untouchables
• 14. India’s First Civil Rights Movement for Untouchable Women
• 15. Mahad Movement for the Right to Drink Water
• 16. Burning the Founding Father of Genocide against Untouchables: Manusmriti
• 17. The Call For The Annihilation Of Caste
• 18. The Ramsay Macdonald Award of 1932 for Untouchables
• 19. Professor Dr. B. R. Ambedkar the Knowledge the Lived Experience with Humiliation
• 20. Scavenging Caste: India’s Sub-Human
• 21. Sati: Where Wives Embraced the Funeral Pyre’s Light
• 22. The Land Where Hindu and Islamic Hearts Unite
• 23. Traditional Marriage System: No Choice to Make, No Freedom to Rejoice
• 24. Dowry Demands Innocent Lives
• 25. “Madiga” Devadasis Forced into the Temple Prostitution
• 26. Kanchikacherla Kotesu “Madiga” Massacre
• 27.1985 Karamchedu Carnage: The Genocide Unfolded
• 28. 1997 Ramabai Killings: Injustice Reigned in a Ruthless Display
• 29. Khairlanji: The Horror of September 29, 2006
• 30. Agony of My Mother, Suguna Yadav: Love without Borders Is to Let Love Decree
• 31. My “Moonflower”: Victim of Honor Killing
• 32. My “Flowermoon” Stanford: A Life Taken by Neo-Nazi Doctor
• 33. Echoes of “Untouchable” Girl’s
• 34. Forcing Untouchable Men to Consume the World’s Foul Swirl
• 35. Influence of Western Philosophers on Ambedkar
• 36. Threads of Humiliation
• 37. Equality in the Writings of Western Philosophers: Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Smith
• 38. Humiliation, Violence, and Degradation between Jews and Untouchables
• 39. Janus-Faced Hindus
• 40. Untouchable Philosophers: Ambedkar and Gopal Guru the Semi-Theoretical Lights
• 41. American Philosopher Eleanor Zelliot: Champion of Social Justice
• 42. American Philosopher Gail Omvedt: The Light in Darkest Space
• 43. The Sacrifice of Madiga Dandora Voice
• 44. Voice of “Untouchable” Women
• 45. Voice of Queer
• 46. The Indian Ideology
• Glossary
• Bibliography