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	{{~~Orphan~~\|date=~~August 2019~~}}		{{Short description\|Indian Dalit rights activist and writer (1958–2018)}}
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	[[File:Rajni Tilak.jpg\|~~thumb~~\|Rajni Tilak with her translated work of Savitribai Phule's poems at Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2017, where she also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dalit Women Speak Out Conference.<ref>{{Cite journal\|date=2015-06-05\|title=Rajni Tilak (1958–2018)\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/17/commentary/rajni-tilak-1958%E2%80%932018.html\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|language=en\|volume=53\|issue=17\|pages=7–8}}</ref>\|~~alt~~=]]		{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2025}}
	'''Rajni Tilak''' (27 May 1958 – 30 March 2018) was one of the most prominent Indian [[Dalit]] rights activists and a leading voice of [[Dalit feminism]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIH/2011/06/05&ID=Ar01801\|title=Who will clean up the lives of manual scavengers?\|website=epaper.timesofindia.com\|access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref> and writing.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132\|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak\|date=17 January 2013\|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She served as the ~~Executive Director~~ of the [http://www.cadam.org.in/ Centre for Alternative Dalit Media],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cadam.org.in/aboutus.html\|title=About Us - Centre for Alternative Dalit Media\|website=www.cadam.org.in\|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> co-founded the National Association of Dalit Organisations,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Association-of-Dalit-Organisations-NADO/505489719488846\|title=National Association of Dalit Organisations-NADO - Local Business {{!}} Facebook\|website=www.facebook.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> and served as President of the Dalit Lekhak Sangh (Dalit Writers' Group).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/rajni-tilak-leading-voice-dalit-activism-passes-away/\|title=Rajni Tilak – Leading Voice of Dalit Activism Passes Away\|date=31 March 2018\|website=She The People}}</ref>		{{Infobox person
			\| name = Rajni Tilak
			\| image = File:Rajni Tilak.jpg
			\| caption = Rajni Tilak at Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2017{{efn\|Rajni Tilak with her translated work of Savitribai Phule's poems at Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2017, where she also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dalit Women Speak Out Conference.<ref>{{Cite journal\|date=2015-06-05\|title=Rajni Tilak (1958–2018)\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/17/commentary/rajni-tilak-1958%E2%80%932018.html\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|language=en\|volume=53\|issue=17\|pages=7–8}}</ref>}}
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1958\|5\|27\|df=yes}}
			\| birth_place = Old Delhi, India
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2018\|3\|30\|1958\|5\|27\|df=yes}}
			\| death_place = Delhi, India
			\| occupation = {{hlist\|Activist\|writer\|poet}}
			\| known_for = {{hlist\|Dalit rights activism\|Dalit feminism}}
			\| notable_works = * ''Apni Zameen Apna Aasman'' {{small\|(autobiography)}}
			* ''Samkalin Bharthiya Dalit Mahila Lekhan'' (3 volumes)
			\| organizations =
			\| awards =
			}}
			'''Rajni Tilak''' (27 May 1958 – 30 March 2018) was one of the most prominent Indian [[Dalit]] rights activists and a leading voice of [[Dalit feminism]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIH/2011/06/05&ID=Ar01801\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202834/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIH/2011/06/05&ID=Ar01801\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=February 17, 2018\|title=Who will clean up the lives of manual scavengers?\|website=epaper.timesofindia.com\|access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref> and writing.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132\|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak\|date=17 January 2013\|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She served as the executive director of the [http://www.cadam.org.in/ Centre for Alternative Dalit Media],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cadam.org.in/aboutus.html\|title=About Us - Centre for Alternative Dalit Media\|website=www.cadam.org.in\|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> co-founded the National Association of Dalit Organisations,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Association-of-Dalit-Organisations-NADO/505489719488846\|title=National Association of Dalit Organisations-NADO - Local Business {{!}} Facebook\|website=www.facebook.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> and served as President of the Dalit Lekhak Sangh (Dalit Writers' Group).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/rajni-tilak-leading-voice-dalit-activism-passes-away/\|title=Rajni Tilak – Leading Voice of Dalit Activism Passes Away\|date=31 March 2018\|website=She The People}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	== Activism and career ==		== Activism and career ==
	While in college at ITI in Delhi, she organised a union for girls protesting the gender based discrimination faced by them. She found her strength as a leader, merging this group with the Progressive Students' Union (PSU). She later split from them citing ideological and political differences. She also went on to organise a 4000-strong organisation of anganwadi workers, to address demands of regularization of pay scale.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/\|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times\|last=Angmo\|first=Deachen\|date=2018-04-25\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Over the years Tilak became involved in Dalit activism and also made her mark by also challenging patriarchy within the caste dimension.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132\|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak\|date=17 January 2013\|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She organised agitations over the [[Mathura rape case]] in 1972 all over Delhi and became associated with ''Saheli'', an autonomous women's group. There onward she began working on issues of health, sanitation, counselling for family planning, rape, molestation, etc.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119&Itemid=132\|title=Need to redefine Dalit Movement: Rajni Tilak\|last=kuffir\|website=Round Table India\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>		While in college at ITI in Delhi, she organised a union for girls protesting the gender based discrimination faced by them. She found her strength as a leader, merging this group with the Progressive Students' Union (PSU). She later split from them citing ideological and political differences. She also went on to organise a 4000-strong organisation of [[anganwadi]] workers, to address demands of regularization of pay scale.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/\|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times\|last=Angmo\|first=Deachen\|date=2018-04-25\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Over the years Tilak became involved in Dalit activism and also made her mark by also challenging patriarchy within the caste dimension.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132\|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak\|date=17 January 2013\|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She organised agitations over the [[Mathura rape case]] in 1972 all over Delhi and became associated with ''Saheli'', an autonomous women's group. There onward she began working on issues of health, sanitation, counselling for family planning, rape, molestation, etc.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119&Itemid=132\|title=Need to redefine Dalit Movement: Rajni Tilak\|last=kuffir\|website=Round Table India\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

	In the 1980s, Tilak started a union with ''Bharthiya Dalit Panthers'' in Delhi. They opened a Dalit theatre group called ''Ahahwan'' and started a students' awareness programme by establishing a youth study circle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/\|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times\|last=Angmo\|first=Deachen\|date=2018-04-25\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>		In the 1980s, Tilak started a union with ''Bharthiya Dalit Panthers'' in Delhi. They opened a Dalit theatre group called ''Ahahwan'' and started a students' awareness programme by establishing a youth study circle.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/\|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times\|last=Angmo\|first=Deachen\|date=2018-04-25\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

	She was associated with multiple organisations, such as [http://nacdaor.org/ NACDAOR] (National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organizations), CADAM (Center for Alternative Dalit Media), NFDW ([[National Federation of Dalit Women]]), Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan (RDMA), and many more.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/article/874154/rajni-tilak-1958-2018-was-an-activist-and-poet-who-fought-tirelessly-against-caste-and-patriarchy\|title=Rajni Tilak (1958-2018) was an activist and poet who fought tirelessly against caste and patriarchy\|last=Thakur\|first=Sandali\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>		She was associated with multiple organisations, such as {{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170611035623/http://nacdaor.org/ NACDAOR]}} (National Confederation of [[Dalit]] and [[Adivasi]] Organizations), CADAM (Center for Alternative Dalit Media), NFDW ([[National Federation of Dalit Women]]), Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan (RDMA), and many more.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/article/874154/rajni-tilak-1958-2018-was-an-activist-and-poet-who-fought-tirelessly-against-caste-and-patriarchy\|title=Rajni Tilak (1958-2018) was an activist and poet who fought tirelessly against caste and patriarchy\|last=Thakur\|first=Sandali\|website=Scroll.in\|date=3 April 2018 \|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

	In 2011, the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Aarakshan]]'' (directed by [[Prakash Jha]]) caused controversy, as the director was alleged to have insulted Dalits. Tilak was asked to view the film before its release.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://m.~~timesofindia~~.com/city/mumbai/HC-asks-for-home-depts-views-on-quota-movie/~~amp_articleshow~~/9473515.cms\|title=HC asks for home dept's views on quota movie - Times of India\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2018-02-17\|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, she was part of a coalition of Dalit and non-Dalit writers, scholars, and activists who petitioned the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training]] (NCERT) to correctly represent the role of Dr. [[B.R. Ambedkar]] in school textbooks.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/humour-is-by-no-means-exempt-from-prejudice/article3501903.ece\|title=Humour is by no means exempt from prejudice\|date=8 June 2012\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>		In 2011, the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Aarakshan]]'' (directed by [[Prakash Jha]]) caused controversy, as the director was alleged to have insulted Dalits. Tilak was asked to view the film before its release.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-asks-for-home-depts-views-on-quota-movie/articleshow/9473515.cms\|title=HC asks for home dept's views on quota movie - Times of India\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2018-02-17\|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, she was part of a coalition of Dalit and non-Dalit writers, scholars, and activists who petitioned the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training]] (NCERT) to correctly represent the role of Dr. [[B.R. Ambedkar]] in school textbooks.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/humour-is-by-no-means-exempt-from-prejudice/article3501903.ece\|title=Humour is by no means exempt from prejudice\|date=8 June 2012\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

	== Literary work ==		== Literary work ==
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	Tilak died on 30 March 2018 at the age of 59 at [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi]]. She had been taken to the hospital for treatment for an illness of the spine.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/dalit-writer-rajni-tilak-passes-away/India/news/1185200.html\|title=Dalit writer Rajni Tilak passes away\|date=31 March 2018\|website=United News of India}}</ref> She is survived by her daughter- actor, artist, activist and writer Jyotsna Siddharth.		Tilak died on 30 March 2018 at the age of 59 at [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi]]. She had been taken to the hospital for treatment for an illness of the spine.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/dalit-writer-rajni-tilak-passes-away/India/news/1185200.html\|title=Dalit writer Rajni Tilak passes away\|date=31 March 2018\|website=United News of India}}</ref> She is survived by her daughter- actor, artist, activist and writer Jyotsna Siddharth.

	Her death was mourned by several scholars and activists. Condolence meetings were held around the country and tributes were paid on social media websites including by her friend Kavita Srivastava, leader of [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/the-sceptical-dalit-left-feminist-my-dear-friend-rajni-tilak\|title=The sceptical Dalit, Left feminist: my dear friend Rajni Tilak\|date=1 April 2018\|website=National Herald India}} </ref>		Her death was mourned by several scholars and activists. Condolence meetings were held around the country and tributes were paid on social media websites including by her friend Kavita Srivastava, leader of [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/the-sceptical-dalit-left-feminist-my-dear-friend-rajni-tilak\|title=The sceptical Dalit, Left feminist: my dear friend Rajni Tilak\|date=1 April 2018\|website=National Herald India}}</ref>

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'''Rajni Tilak''' (27 May 1958 – 30 March 2018) was one of the most prominent Indian [[Dalit]] rights activists and a leading voice of [[Dalit feminism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIH/2011/06/05&ID=Ar01801|title=Who will clean up the lives of manual scavengers?|website=epaper.timesofindia.com|access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref> and writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak|date=17 January 2013|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She served as the Executive Director of the [http://www.cadam.org.in/ Centre for Alternative Dalit Media],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cadam.org.in/aboutus.html|title=About Us - Centre for Alternative Dalit Media|website=www.cadam.org.in|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> co-founded the National Association of Dalit Organisations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Association-of-Dalit-Organisations-NADO/505489719488846|title=National Association of Dalit Organisations-NADO - Local Business {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> and served as President of the Dalit Lekhak Sangh (Dalit Writers' Group).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/rajni-tilak-leading-voice-dalit-activism-passes-away/|title=Rajni Tilak – Leading Voice of Dalit Activism Passes Away|date=31 March 2018|website=She The People}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tilak was born in Old [[Delhi]], India on 27 May 1958 in a family with limited means. Her father was a tailor whose ancestors had migrated to Delhi from the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Being the first of seven children, she had to give up on her aspiration of becoming a nurse due to lack of financial support and took up a job to aid her family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times|last=Angmo|first=Deachen|date=2018-04-25|website=Feminism In India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> She had an early interest in writing, expressed by writing a poem called “''Ka Se Kahu Dukh Apna”'' as her first poem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=articles&issid=72&menuid=7161|title=Museindia|website=www.museindia.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> After completing her higher education in 1975, she joined ITI (Industrial Training Institute) for vocational courses like stenography, cutting and tailoring.

== Activism and career ==
While in college at ITI in Delhi, she organised a union for girls protesting the gender based discrimination faced by them. She found her strength as a leader, merging this group with the Progressive Students' Union (PSU). She later split from them citing ideological and political differences. She also went on to organise a 4000-strong organisation of anganwadi workers, to address demands of regularization of pay scale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times|last=Angmo|first=Deachen|date=2018-04-25|website=Feminism In India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Over the years Tilak became involved in Dalit activism and also made her mark by also challenging patriarchy within the caste dimension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119:feature&Itemid=132|title=An Interview with Rajni Tilak|date=17 January 2013|website=Roundtable India}}</ref> She organised agitations over the [[Mathura rape case]] in 1972 all over Delhi and became associated with ''Saheli'', an autonomous women's group. There onward she began working on issues of health, sanitation, counselling for family planning, rape, molestation, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6155:need-to-redefine-dalit-movement-rajni-tilak&catid=119&Itemid=132|title=Need to redefine Dalit Movement: Rajni Tilak|last=kuffir|website=Round Table India|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Tilak started a union with ''Bharthiya Dalit Panthers'' in Delhi. They opened a Dalit theatre group called ''Ahahwan'' and started a students' awareness programme by establishing a youth study circle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/26/rajni-tilak-leading-dalit-feminist/|title=Rajni Tilak: A Leading Dalit Feminist Of Our Times|last=Angmo|first=Deachen|date=2018-04-25|website=Feminism In India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

She was associated with multiple organisations, such as [http://nacdaor.org/ NACDAOR] (National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organizations), CADAM (Center for Alternative Dalit Media), NFDW ([[National Federation of Dalit Women]]), Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan (RDMA), and many more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/874154/rajni-tilak-1958-2018-was-an-activist-and-poet-who-fought-tirelessly-against-caste-and-patriarchy|title=Rajni Tilak (1958-2018) was an activist and poet who fought tirelessly against caste and patriarchy|last=Thakur|first=Sandali|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

In 2011, the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Aarakshan]]'' (directed by [[Prakash Jha]]) caused controversy, as the director was alleged to have insulted Dalits. Tilak was asked to view the film before its release.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/HC-asks-for-home-depts-views-on-quota-movie/amp_articleshow/9473515.cms|title=HC asks for home dept's views on quota movie - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-02-17|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, she was part of a coalition of Dalit and non-Dalit writers, scholars, and activists who petitioned the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training]] (NCERT) to correctly represent the role of Dr. [[B.R. Ambedkar]] in school textbooks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/humour-is-by-no-means-exempt-from-prejudice/article3501903.ece|title=Humour is by no means exempt from prejudice|date=8 June 2012|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

== Literary work ==

*''Bharat Ki Pehli Shikshika - Savitribai Phule'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediavigil.com/document/savitri-bai-phule-was-first-woman-teacher-of-india/|title=सावित्रीबाई फुले: मनुवादी अंधकार में किरण की तरह फूटी युगनायिका !|last=MediaVigil|date=2019-01-03|website=MediaVigil|language=Hi-IN|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>
*''Padchaap'' (2000) - volume of poetry
*''Buddha Ne Ghar Kyon Chhoda'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samkaleenjanmat.in/%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%94%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2/|title=कर्मकर्ता और कवि रजनी तिलक ने पूरी ज़िंदगी मेहनतकशों की शोषण मुक्ति और सम्मान के नाम कर दिया- जसम|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19|date=2018-03-31}}</ref>
* ''Samkalin Bharthiya Dalit Mahila Lekhan Vol. 1'' (2011) - compiled and edited anthology of Dalit women writing
* ''Samkalin Bharthiya Dalit Mahila Lekhan Vol. 2'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-28960|title=hindibook.com: SAMKALIN BHARATIYA DALIT MAHILA LEKHAN RAJNI TILAK HB 9789383513468|website=hindibook.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
*''Hawa se Bechain Yuvtiyan'' (2015) - volume of poetry
* ''Dalit Stree Vimarsh Avum Patrakarita'' (2016)
* ''Samkalin Bharthiya Dalit Mahila Lekhan Vol. 3'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-415562|title=hindibook.com: SAMKALIN BHARTIYA DALIT MAHILA LEKHAN-V.3 (ATMKATHA VISHESH) RAJNI TILAK (Ed.) HB 9789383515042|website=hindibook.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
* ''Savitribai Phule Rachna Samagra'' (2017) - compiled and translated works of Dalit activist [[Savitribai Phule]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-417536|title=hindibook.com: SAVITRIBAI PHULE RACHNA SAMAGRA RAJNI TILAK (Ed.) HB 9788193381526|website=hindibook.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
* ''Apni Zameen Apna Aasman'' (2017) - autobiography<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-412756|title=hindibook.com: APNI JAMIN APNA ASMAN RAJNI TILAK HB 9789382543848|website=hindibook.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
* ''Dr. Ambedkar Aur Stree Chintan Ke Dastavez'' (2018) - compiled and edited<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-415561|title=hindibook.com: DR. AMBEDKAR AUR STRI CHINTAN KE DASTAVEZ RAJNI TILAK (Comp. & Ed.) HB 9789383515103|website=hindibook.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* Outstanding Woman Achievers Award by [[National Commission for Women]] (2013)
* Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dalit Women Speak Out Conference (2017)

==Death==
Tilak died on 30 March 2018 at the age of 59 at [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi]]. She had been taken to the hospital for treatment for an illness of the spine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/dalit-writer-rajni-tilak-passes-away/India/news/1185200.html|title=Dalit writer Rajni Tilak passes away|date=31 March 2018|website=United News of India}}</ref> She is survived by her daughter- actor, artist, activist and writer Jyotsna Siddharth.

Her death was mourned by several scholars and activists. Condolence meetings were held around the country and tributes were paid on social media websites including by her friend Kavita Srivastava, leader of [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/the-sceptical-dalit-left-feminist-my-dear-friend-rajni-tilak|title=The sceptical Dalit, Left feminist: my dear friend Rajni Tilak|date=1 April 2018|website=National Herald India}} </ref>

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