Translators’ note

This book is a translation of the personal essays and creative offerings originally written in Tamil that were presented in Kannan M., ed., (2004) Dalit Ilakkiyam: Eṉatu Aṉupavam. Dalit Literature: My Experience. Pondicherry: French Institute of Pondicherry and Coimbatore : Vitiyal. Standard scholarly transliteration of Tamil words was used only in the Notes on Contributors and in the Bibliography. In the essays, stories, and poems we have used more popular English spellings of Tamil words in...