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Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-article-on-mallika-amar-shaikh-marathi-poet-4272280-NOR.html|title=परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका|date=2013-05-24|newspaper=Marathi.Divya|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510080634/http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-article-on-mallika-amar-shaikh-marathi-poet-4272280-NOR.html|archive-date=2017-05-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-article-on-mallika-amar-shaikh-marathi-poet-4272280-NOR.html|title=परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका|date=2013-05-24|newspaper=Marathi.Divya|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510080634/http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-article-on-mallika-amar-shaikh-marathi-poet-4272280-NOR.html|archive-date=2017-05-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>


She is the daughter of [[Shahir Amar Sheikh]], and the wife of the late [[Namdeo Dhasal]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dhasals-times-of-irony-and-anger/215603/| title=Dhasal's times of irony and anger | author=Rakshit Sonawane | date= 11 September 2007| work=The Indian Express}}</ref>
She is the daughter of Shahir [[Amar Sheikh]], and the wife of the late [[Namdeo Dhasal]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dhasals-times-of-irony-and-anger/215603/| title=Dhasal's times of irony and anger | author=Rakshit Sonawane | date= 11 September 2007| work=The Indian Express}}</ref>


She was married to Dalit poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, [[Namdeo Dhasal|Namdev Dhasal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cosal.uchicago.edu/2014/author.shtml|title=The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature|website=cosal.uchicago.edu|access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she was elected the president of the [[Dalit Panthers]] party. She led the party during [[Maharashtra]] civic bodies elections in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/malika-amar-shaikh-memoir-namdeo-dhasal-life-left-and-dalit-movement-in-maharashtra-4397157/|title=The Heart is a Lonely Woman - Life of Malika Amar Sheikh|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>
She was married to [[Dalit]] poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, [[Namdeo Dhasal|Namdev Dhasal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cosal.uchicago.edu/2014/author.shtml|title=The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature|website=cosal.uchicago.edu|access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she was elected the president of the [[Dalit Panthers]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-04|title=Interview: Malika Amar Shaikh|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/interview-malika-amar-shaikh/story-mFFW3ttjiykate3wR49tIM.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> She led the party during [[Maharashtra]] civic bodies elections in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/malika-amar-shaikh-memoir-namdeo-dhasal-life-left-and-dalit-movement-in-maharashtra-4397157/|title=The Heart is a Lonely Woman - Life of Malika Amar Sheikh|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>


==Books==
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* ''Mahanagar'' (Metropolitan City)
* ''Mahanagar'' (Metropolitan City)
* ''Deharutu'' (The Season of Body)
* ''Deharutu'' (The Season of Body)
* ''Mala Udhvasta Whaychay'' (I Want to Get Ruined) (Autobiography)
* ''Mala Udhvasta Whaychay'' (I Want to Get Ruined) (Autobiography)<ref>{{Cite web|title=I Want to Destroy Myself: Review|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/i-want-to-destroy-myself-by-malika-amar-shaikh|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Handle With Care''
* ''Handle With Care''
* ''Ek Hota Undir'' (Story Of A Rat)
* ''Ek Hota Undir'' (Story Of A Rat)

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Malika Amar Sheikh or Malika Namdeo Dhasal (born 16 February 1957) is a Marathi writer and political activist from Maharashtra, India.[1] She is the president of the Dalit Panthers party.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.[2]

She is the daughter of Shahir Amar Sheikh, and the wife of the late Namdeo Dhasal.[3]

She was married to Dalit poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, Namdev Dhasal.[4] After the death of her husband, she was elected the president of the Dalit Panthers party.[5] She led the party during Maharashtra civic bodies elections in 2017.[6]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Valucha Priyakar (A Lover Made of Sand)
  • Mahanagar (Metropolitan City)
  • Deharutu (The Season of Body)
  • Mala Udhvasta Whaychay (I Want to Get Ruined) (Autobiography)[7]
  • Handle With Care
  • Ek Hota Undir (Story Of A Rat)
  • Koham Koham (Who Am I?)

Anthologies[edit | edit source]

  • Live Update: An Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry, edited and translated by Sachin Ketkar, Mumbai: Poetrywala, 2005, ISBN 81-89621-00-9
  • The Tree of Tongues — An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, edited by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.[8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Poetry International Web - Malika Amar Sheikh". India.poetryinternationalweb.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  2. ↑ "परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका". Marathi.Divya. 2013-05-24. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. ↑ Rakshit Sonawane (11 September 2007). "Dhasal's times of irony and anger". The Indian Express.
  4. ↑ "The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature". cosal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Malika Amar Shaikh". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ↑ "The Heart is a Lonely Woman - Life of Malika Amar Sheikh". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. ↑ "I Want to Destroy Myself: Review". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  8. ↑ "tribuneindia...Book Reviews". Tribuneindia.com. 1999-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-24.