LITERATURE Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/literature/ Author | Blogger | Writer | YouTuber | Professor | Singer | Motivator | Social Activist & Innovator Thu, 21 May 2026 04:22:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dranjugurawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-dranju-2-150x75.png LITERATURE Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/literature/ 32 32 The Invisible Wheels of Urban India: Intersectionality, the Digital Divide, and the Somatic Cost of Domestic Labor https://dranjugurawa.com/the-invisible-wheels-of-urban-india-intersectionality-the-digital-divide-and-the-somatic-cost-of-domestic-labor/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-invisible-wheels-of-urban-india-intersectionality-the-digital-divide-and-the-somatic-cost-of-domestic-labor/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 04:22:51 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2260 The Invisible Wheels of Urban India: Intersectionality, the Digital Divide, and the Somatic Cost of Domestic Labor Abstract This article examines the structural exploitation of female domestic workers in urban India through an intersectional framework that integrates gender, caste, political economy, and occupational health. Utilizing ethnographic mappings of workers commuting from peripheral informal settlements—specifically Jadoda, […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-invisible-wheels-of-urban-india-intersectionality-the-digital-divide-and-the-somatic-cost-of-domestic-labor/feed/ 0 Political Convergence and Theological Critique: The Ambedkar-Muslim Interplay https://dranjugurawa.com/political-convergence-and-theological-critique-the-ambedkar-muslim-dialectic/ https://dranjugurawa.com/political-convergence-and-theological-critique-the-ambedkar-muslim-dialectic/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:27:31 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2227 Political Convergence and Theological Critique: The Ambedkar-Muslim Interplay The relationship between Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the Muslim community in 20th-century India was a sophisticated interplay of strategic political alliance and rigorous sociological critique. Far from a narrative of “hatred,” Ambedkar’s engagement with Islam was defined by his commitment to annihilating caste wherever it existed—including within […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/political-convergence-and-theological-critique-the-ambedkar-muslim-dialectic/feed/ 0 The Architecture of Scarcity: A Critical Appreciation of M.R. Renukumar’s “Question Paper” https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-scarcity-a-critical-appreciation-of-m-r-renukumars-question-paper/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-scarcity-a-critical-appreciation-of-m-r-renukumars-question-paper/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:26:06 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2225 The Architecture of Scarcity: A Critical Appreciation of M.R. Renukumar’s “Question Paper” This poignant poem by M.R. Renukumar, a significant voice in contemporary Malayalam Dalit literature, is a masterful exploration of poverty seen through the inquisitive, unshielded eyes of a child. By framing the narrative as a “question paper” of life’s hardships, Renukumar translates the […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-scarcity-a-critical-appreciation-of-m-r-renukumars-question-paper/feed/ 0 Subaltern Militancy and the Materiality of Labor: A Global Reading of Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/ https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:24:24 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2223 Subaltern Militancy and the Materiality of Labor: A Global Reading of Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” The Punjabi revolutionary poet Lal Singh Dil occupies a singular space in the global canon of resistance literature. A Dalit and a dedicated Naxalite activist, Dil’s “The Outcasts” (Beganiat) transcends local agrarian critique to offer a searing cross-cultural portrayal […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/feed/ 0 A Manifesto of Defiance: Mohandas Namishrai’s “We Will Fight” as Radical Resista https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resista/ https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resista/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:22:54 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2221 A Manifesto of Defiance: Mohandas Namishrai’s “We Will Fight” as Radical Resistance This poem by Mohandas Namishrai, a prominent figure in Hindi Dalit literature, is a powerful manifesto of resistance. Unlike the reflective or sorrowful tone found in many Dalit poems, “We Will Fight” is an assertive, historical, and defiant declaration of war against systemic […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resista/feed/ 0 The Aesthetic of the Ordinary: Labor, Caste, and Gender in Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:21:20 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2219 The Aesthetic of the Ordinary: Labor, Caste, and Gender in Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” This powerful poem, “The Outcasts” (Beganiat) by the revolutionary Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil, is a searing portrayal of the intersection between labor, caste, and gender. Dil, who was himself a Dalit and a Naxalite activist, brings a raw, lived […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/feed/ 0 A Manifesto of Defiance: Mohandas Namishrai’s “We Will Fight” as Radical Resistance https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resistance/ https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resistance/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:19:35 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2217 A Manifesto of Defiance: Mohandas Namishrai’s “We Will Fight” as Radical Resistance This poem by Mohandas Namishrai, a prominent figure in Hindi Dalit literature, is a powerful manifesto of resistance. Unlike the reflective or sorrowful tone found in many Dalit poems, “We Will Fight” is an assertive, historical, and defiant declaration of war against systemic […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/a-manifesto-of-defiance-mohandas-namishrais-we-will-fight-as-radical-resistance/feed/ 0 The Dalit Counterpublic: Diversities and Fractures in Laura  https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-internal-logic-of-the-counterpublic-diversities-and-fr/ https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-internal-logic-of-the-counterpublic-diversities-and-fr/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:45:24 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2195 The Dalit Counterpublic: Diversities and Fractures in Laura The counterpublic model for understanding the Hindi Dalit literary sphere is essential because it encompasses the debates and contradictions existing simultaneously within it, avoiding a simplistic characterization of the movement as a singular, homogenized chorus of resistance. As Michael Warner suggests, a public is a social space […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-internal-logic-of-the-counterpublic-diversities-and-fr/feed/ 0 Hindi Dalit Literature and the BDSA: Insights on Laura https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-bharatiya-dalit-sahitya-akademi-bdsa/ https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-bharatiya-dalit-sahitya-akademi-bdsa/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:43:48 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2193 Hindi Dalit Literature and the BDSA: Insights on Laura Institutional Presence and Mission Established in the residential neighborhood of Model Town, North Delhi, the BDSA serves as the populist engine of the Hindi Dalit counterpublic. Under the leadership of founder Sohanpal Sumanakshar, the Akademi operates as a family-staffed nerve center for a network of thirty […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-the-bharatiya-dalit-sahitya-akademi-bdsa/feed/ 0 Constructing Subaltern Identity: Rhetorical Resistance in Laura https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-topic-the-hindi-dalit-counterpublic-literary-resist/ https://dranjugurawa.com/critical-review-of-prof-laura-r-bruecks-book-writing-resistance-the-rhetorical-imagination-of-hindi-dalit-literature-topic-the-hindi-dalit-counterpublic-literary-resist/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:39:33 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2191 Constructing Subaltern Identity: Rhetorical Resistance in Laura Abstract: This article examines the emergence and configuration of the Hindi Dalit literary sphere as a “counterpublic.” By synthesizing Jürgen Habermas’s public sphere theory with Nancy Fraser’s subaltern counterpublic framework, the study analyses how Dalit literature—encompassing poetry, novels, and print media—challenges the hegemonic “universalism” of mainstream Hindi nationalism. […]

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