Kalyani Thakur Charal Author

Kalyani Thakur Charal is a Dalit feminist poet writing in the Bengali language. She has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of critical essays, a collection of short stories, and an autobiography. She edits the Dalit women’s magazine Neer, is on the board of a publishing house focusing solely on Dalit writers, and on the Dalit Sahitya Akademi. She recently edited Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writing from Bengal. is Professor in the Department of English, West Bengal State University, India. Her research interests are religion, caste, and power. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, University of Calcutta.