Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Transliteration xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Mapping The Hindi Dalit Literary Sphere
7. 1. The Hindi Dalit Counterpublic 23
8. 2. The Problem of Premchand 43
9. 3. Hindi Dalit Literary Criticism 61
10. II. Reading Hindi Dalit Literature
11. 4. Good Dalits and Bad Brahmins 79
12. 5. Dialect and Dialogue in the Margins 100
13. 6. Alienation and Loss in the Dalit Experience of Modernity 122
14. 7. Re-scripting Rape 154
15. Conclusion 178
16. Notes 181
17. Bibliography 201
18. Index 211