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S. Shankar

S. Shankar
S. Shankar is a novelist, literary and cultural critic, and translator. His recently published novel Ghost in the Tamarind is a story of intercaste romance set against the background of the anticaste movements in India. He is Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.


11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

A Reading List Anchored by Dalit Voices
December 4, 2017  By S. Shankar
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