They include - doctors and daily wage workers, sex workers, and government officials. Wry and pungent, this collection deals with the tale of exploitation and subjugation of the aboriginal Santhals hailing from Jharkhand, and comprises a variety of characters spread across the socio-economic spectrum. However, his collection of ten short stories titled The Adivasi Will Not Dance, which was shortlisted for The Hindu Prize, stands out as a major work. A doctor by profession, Shekhar is the author of many important works including the novel The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey which won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and was nominated for The Hindu Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award.
Other people patronize the Santhals and that’s all" (Prasad). Those who have nothing, well, they have nothing - not even a word of respect, kindness and acknowledgement from other people.
Those who have the means to better themselves, they’re doing well. "The position of the Santhals," says Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar in a conversation with Sujit Prasad "is still not worth singing or dancing about.
0 kommentar(er)
