Leftword

MY CASTE, MY SHADOW: Selected Poems

(Balbir Madhopuri)

Balbir Madhopuri

Translated by : T.C. Ghai

L.G. Publishers Distributors 2020

Language: English

120 Pages

In Stock!

Price INR 295.0 USD 15.0

Join Book Club

About the Book

Balbir Madhopuri, poet, prose writer, translator and editor, was born in 1955 in Madhopur, a small village in district Jalandhar, Punjab in a Dalit family. At his birth he was named Balbir Chand. Later on, in 1990, he changed it to Balbir Madhopuri, dropping the latter part of his name ‘Chand’ because, he thought it connected him with a particular religion… “Balbir Madhopuri’s poetry can be called as “the poetry of hope”. When his contemporary Indian urban poets are mostly writing about self-absorbed abstract themes. Madhopuri’s poetry is full lives, and livelihoods. By reading his poems one feels as if one is touring all over Punjab, his native state and coming in contact with people who are real. Madhopuri has been living in Delhi for last several years. But he writes about his community, thus bringing a rich cultural capital into his creativities. His use of symbols and metaphors is unique. Be it Ekalavya, Banda Bahadur or His Old Man, all his references are to be read in a particular historical context. The most telling points in the poetry collection are the poet’s self-reflectivity on the idea of caste, class and gender inequalities.Written in a simple and yet very effective language, Madhopuri’s poetry can be read as an alternative discourse to life, nature and literature. The English translation of his poetry has come out very nicely. Simple, accurate and rhythmic, Madhopuro’s poetry in English translation will surely travel a long way and give a message of hope to otherwise hopeless world.” – Dr. Raj Kumar, Professor and Head, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

MY CASTE, MY SHADOW: Selected Poems

(Balbir Madhopuri)

About the Book

Balbir Madhopuri

T.C. Ghai

You May Like

Semiotics and Dialectics: Essays in Honour of Harjeet Singh Gill-

Signs

From Volga to Ganga

कँटीले तार की तरह

कितने यातना शिविर

From volga to Ganga

When Paris Sizzled

Politics of the Possible

IN A FUTURE APRIL: A NOVEL

Insurgent Metaphors; Essays on Culture and Class

KAHANI: Short Stories by Pakistani Women

KATHA: Short Stories by Indian Women

MARTYR AS BRIDEGROOM: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh

On Art and Literature : Critical Writings

Days and Nights of Love and War

Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks

GALPA: Short Stories by Women from Bangladesh

Ideology; An Introduction

Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

Postmodern Media Culture

Selections from Political Writings, 1921-1926

Selections from the Prison Notebooks

The Actuality of Walter Benjamin

Kasari Masari

NARRATING NATIONS, PERFORMING POLITICS

LAL SINGH DIL:Selected Poems

The Hindi Canon

Mughal Poetry: Its Cultural and Historical Value

Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire; The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy

INFINITE CONTESTATION: Occasional Political Writings

Indian Popular Fiction: REDEFINING THE CANON

POET OF HUMANITY

MANTO: STORIES; Well Known, Less Known, Ill Known

DALIT FEMINIST DISCOURSE: Voices in Dalit Narratives