Rekha Raj | |
|---|---|
രേഖ രാജ് | |
| Born | 5 May 1978 |
| Occupation | Dalit Writer & Activist & Assistant professor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | M. R. Renukumar |
Rekha Raj (Malayalam: രേഖ രാജ്; born 5 May 1978) is a Dalit and feminist thinker, social activist and writer. She is one of the pioneers of Dalit feminism in Kerala who started writing on caste and gender issues.[1] She has delivered lectures in institutions like Christ University, University of Hyderabad, Tata Institute of Social Sciences etc., on development, gender, human rights, and Dalit issues.[citation needed] She has worked as a consultant of many organizations in India.[2][3][4][5]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Raj was born to K P Nalinakshi and S Rajappan on 5 May 1978 in Kottayam, a central district of Kerala. She lives with her husband M. R. Renukumar and son. With a PhD in philosophy under the title "Politics of Gender and Dalit Identity: Representation of Dalit Women in Contemporary Dalit Discourses in Kerala", she currently works as assistant professor at the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies in Mahatma Gandhi University.[citation needed] She was a project manager of women's rights at Amnesty International India earlier.[6][7]
Works[edit | edit source]
Raj has written a book titled Dalit Sthree Idapedalukal[8] in 2015, which was translated into Tamil in 2017. She was a guest editor of the Sanghaditha magazine[9] special issue on Dalit Women in 2013. She has written many articles both in academic and other magazines including Economic and Political Weekly, Mathrubhumi, Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika, Madhyamam Weekly and many other current periodicals in India.[citation needed] She also writes short stories and screenplays. Her areas of academic interest are extended to gender, development, ethnic, cultural, dalit and subaltern studies.
Awards and honors[edit | edit source]
- 2012: Rahna Award from Mochitha Sthree Padana Kendram, Alappuzha.[citation needed]
- Raj is an alumnus of international visitors leadership program by United States of America government.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "HeToo: Poda Vedi: Women give it back | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Rekha Raj". Economic and Political Weekly. 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "പ്രശസ്ത ദളിത്- സ്ത്രീ ചിന്തക രേഖ രാജ് ഇനി എംജി സർവകലാശാലയിൽ അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് പ്രൊഫസർ". News18 Malayalam. 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Raj, Rekha. "Conceptualize the 'human' as a product of Dalit struggles: Rekha Raj". Round Table India.
- ↑ "Rekha Raj". Mathrubhumi.
- ↑ "ഇന്ത്യയിലെ സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ചരിത്രപരമായ നിമിഷം: ഡോ. രേഖാരാജ്". DoolNews.
- ↑ LABS, GI (2 February 2019). "#Womeninmedia". Medium.
- ↑ "'Dalit Sthree Idapedalukal' released".
- ↑ "Women's world". Times of India Blog. 12 August 2017.