Ira Mathur

Please come tomorrow Saturday 29th November 10.00 am - 6.00pm at 6 Collins Road, Maraval at Galt and Maree Studio to the Secret Garden Market . There will be writers and readings, and mingling . There will be books and lovely people 📕. A lovely garden oasis for your mind before the 🎄 frenzy 📚 Looking forward to meeting you there 🌺

Sunday offering 🙏🏾 T&T Guardian T&T Guardian India Today

Babytai Kamble was born in 1929 in Maharashtra to a Dalit family of the Mahar caste. To understand the force of her life and work, one must understand that Dalits—the so-called "broken people"—have historically been barred from temples, schools, wells, and even the shadow of upper-caste Hindus. They were condemned to "polluting" work: leather tanning, waste removal, co**se disposal. Even today, Dalits face systemic discrimination in education, employment, and justice.
Dalit women endure a double marginalisation. They are often victims of caste-based sexual violence, denied political voice, and excluded even from feminist discourse. The 2022 UN Women India report documented that Dalit women suffer higher rates of illiteracy, child marriage, and domestic abuse. Their lives remain largely unrecorded.