![]() ![]() It was mainly through his efforts that dalit writing found its place in several seminal Hindi magazines, one of them being Hans edited by the late renowned Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav. His writing is a mirror to the suffering that the dalits had to undergo due to caste discrimination. In 1989, Valmiki published his first collection of poems under the title Sadiyon Ka Santaap (centuries of suffering). ![]() Valmiki made a major contribution to dalit literature through stories, poetry and his autobiography and right up to the last days of his life was actively involved in it he was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla in 2013. It is not too well known either that Valmiki translated Ilaiah’s book Why I Am Not a Hindu which is considered to be one of the biggest contributions to dalit literature by any writer in Hindi. His contribution to dalit writing, however, is definitely not less than that of writers like Namdeo Dhasal and Kancha Ilaiah. Omprakash Valmiki may not be a widely known name on the Indian literary scene outside of Hindi literature. ![]()
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