About Author
Author
Vemula Yellaiah (b.1973), a Madiga, is one of the most
promising contemporary Telugu Dalit writers. He is a
post-graduate in Telugu and presently pursuing his Ph.D.
Yellaiah has so far published two novels, Kakka (2000)
and Siddi (2004), a drama, Bahuvidha (2019), and Ladda
(2020), a poetry collection. A stage artist, Yellaiah employs
the technique of Dalit street plays in the narration of the
Dalit oeuvre.
Translators
K. Purushotham, an academic, author, administrator, and
translator, teaches at Kakatiya University, Warangal. His
works in Dalit writing, some prescribed in different universities
include OUP Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing (Co-ed),
Black Lilies: Telugu Dalit Poetry, and April 14: Telugu Dalit
Short Stories (Ed & trans, forthcoming). In addition, he has
carried out funded research projects, guided several scholars,
and has been a recipient of significant literary awards.
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Gita Ramaswamy works with the Hyderabad Book Trust
(HBT) in publishing alternative, low-cost literature in Telugu.
She is the author of India Stinking, Jeena Hai To Marna Seekho: The Life and Times of George Reddy and On Their Own and has co-authored Taking Charge of Our Bodies and co-edited OUP Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing besides editing Prison Notes of a Woman Activist, Here I Am and other stories. As an activist, she has worked extensively with Dalits on bonded
labour, agricultural wage labour, and land entitlements.
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