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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1963 anthology of short-stories by Baburao Bagul}}<br />
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{{Infobox book<br />
| name = When I Hid My Caste<br />
| title_orig = जेव्हा मी जात चोरली होती<br />
| image = When I Hid My Caste cover.jpg<br />
| author = [[Baburao Bagul]]<br />
| translator = [[Jerry Pinto]] (2018, English)<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| genre = [[Short story]] collection, [[Dalit literature]]<br />
| pub_date = 1963<br />
| media_type = Print<br />
| english_pub_date = July 10, 2018<br />
| pages = 154<br />
}}<br />
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'''''When I Hid My Caste''''' ({{Langx|mr|Jevhā Mī Jāt Corlī Hotī|}}) is an anthology of ten short-stories by Indian writer [[Baburao Bagul]]. The original stories titled ''Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti'' were written in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and first appeared in a ''Navyug,'' a Marathi literary journal, in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |last=L |first=M. |date=2018-09-08 |title=When I Hid My Caste - Stories by Baburao Bagul |url=https://modernliterature.org/hid-caste-baburao-bagul/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Modern Literature |language=en-US}}</ref> The stories were translated into English in 2018 by [[Jerry Pinto]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Bagul |first=Baburao |title=When I Hid My Caste |date=2023-07-05 |work=Concealing Caste |pages=29–42 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192865243.003.0002 |access-date=2025-08-04 |publisher=Oxford University PressOxford |doi=10.1093/oso/9780192865243.003.0002 |isbn=978-0-19-286524-3|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Nayar |first=Pramod K. |title=Dalit Literature |date=2021-01-12 |work=Literary and Critical Theory |url=https://oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780190221911/obo-9780190221911-0101.xml |access-date=2025-08-04 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/obo/9780190221911-0101 |isbn=978-0-19-022191-1|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The book is considered to be one of the most notable works of Bagul and a landmark work of Dalit literature for its raw depiction of the lives of Dalits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dabade |first=Sonali |date=2019-04-09 |title=Cast(e)ing Experiences Into Fiction |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/hyderabad/2019/Apr/08/casteing-experiences-into-fiction-1962096.html |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=Thieves of Identity {{!}} Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/36/postscript/thieves-identity.html |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.epw.in |language=en}}</ref> The collection features Dalit characters and their struggle, particularly the title story, exploring themes of [[Caste discrimination in India|caste-based discrimation]], oppression, identity, and revolt.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shyma P |date=2021-12-11 |title=Baburao Bagul, When I Hid My Caste |url=https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/2357 |journal=Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=159–162 |doi=10.31436/asiatic.v15i2.2357 |issn=1985-3106|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-09 |title=Baburao Bagul's writing retains its force in Jerry Pinto's translation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-when-i-hid-my-caste-by-baburao-bagul/story-x8PrhW0HJ0XzlHgMMifTKP.html |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Scholars [[K. Satyanarayana (academic)|K. Satyanarayana]] and [[Susie Tharu]] noted that the book was hailed as "the epic of Dalits" and that its "brilliant stories gave Dalits the strength to face the painful and humiliating experiences of their wretched lives."<ref>{{Cite web |title=When I Hid My Caste |url=https://frankfurtrights.com/Books/Details/when-i-hid-my-caste-18777610 |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=frankfurtrights.com}}</ref> The collection established Bagul as a significant literary figure who offered alternative perspectives to the polished depictions of Dalit in mainstream Indian literature.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=कैन |first=Damni Kain दामनी |date=2020-07-11 |title=For Baburao Bagul, Dalit Literature was about defiance in the face of suffering |url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2020/07/for-baburao-bagul-dalit-literature-was-about-defiance-in-the-face-of-suffering/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Forward Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The stories are also regarded as social and political acts of rebellion against caste and inequality.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:Dalit literature]]<br />
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