How significant is Dalit literature?

Indian Dalit literature is being widely discussed these days, especially in the political arena. What is Dalit literature and what is its significance? Monash University in Melbourne has seen an event on this subject: Literary Commons!: Writing Australia-India in the Asian century with Dalit, Indigenous and Multilingual Tongues. SBS Malayalam Radio talks to Prof. M Dasan, Head of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the Central University in Kerala, who attended this event.

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