Shankarrao Ramchandra Kharat (11 July 1921 – 9 April 2001) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.[1][2]
Kharat was born in Atpadi, the secondary capital of the former princely state of Aundh, now in Sangli district. As an adult, he converted to Buddhism.[3]
Kharat was associated with B. R. Ambedkar.[1] He served for some years as the vice-chancellor of Marathwada University.[4] and as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.[citation needed]
In his writings, Kharat mainly wrote about the life experiences of people from the Dalit community.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
- ↑ "Shankarrao Kharat's literary legacy: Giving words to the Dalit experience in Maharashtra-Living News , Firstpost". 8 October 2017.
- ↑ Eleanor Zelliot, Maxine Berntsen, The Experience of Hinduism: Essays on Religion in Maharashtra (1988), p. 347.
- ↑ Dalit Autobiographical Narratives Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Debjani Ganguly, Caste, Colonialism and Counter-modernity (2005), p. 179.
- ↑ 558 Anupama Rao, Representing Dalit selfhood
- ↑ "Shankarrao Kharat's literary legacy: Giving words to the Dalit experience in Maharashtra-Living News , Firstpost". 8 October 2017.
External links
- Shankarrao Kharat's literary legacy: Giving words to the Dalit experience in Maharashtra
- Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India (1996), p. 368
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