Shankar Rao Kharat

Shankarrao Kharat (died 2001 [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010410/nation.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation ] ] ) was a prominent Marathi writer of short stories. He wrote about the life experience of Dalits [Debjani Ganguly, "Caste, Colonialism and Counter-modernity" (2005), p. 179.] [ [http://www.india-seminar.com/2006/558/558%20anupama%20rao.htm 558 Anupama Rao, Representing Dalit selfhood ] ] .

He was born in Atpadi, the palace city of the former princely state of Aundh, now Atpadi taluka in Sangali district. A lawyer and official, he was a convert to Buddhism [Eleanor Zelliot, Maxine Berntsen, "The Experience of Hinduism: Essays on Religion in Maharashtra" (1988), p. 347.] . He became Vice-Chancellor of Marathwada University [ [http://aune.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~belbernard/misc/ccrss/dalitautobio.htm Dalit Autobiographical Narratives ] ] .

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*Autobiography: "Taral Antaral" (तराळ अंतराळ) (1981)

Reference

*Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, "Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India" (1996), p. 368

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