![]() ![]() She was born to a Roman Catholic family in Puthupatti which is in Tamil Nadu. ![]() Never miss real stories from India's women. Her style of writing was noticed as being unique and one other unique feature being she does not once name the protagonist. This book led to her being ostracized from her village as it critiques the social order but however gained critical acclaim. ![]() In her book she tries to bring about an awakening in dalit women to empower them with education through her experiences. ‘ Karukku’(1992), the most famous book written in Tamil is an autobiographical account of her childhood experiences of being a dalit. She is well known as a Dalit activist advocating people to fight against the atrocities of caste. ![]() She became a teacher and served at many places and finally retired as the Education Extension Officer of Jat region. She went on to study, doing a teacher’s training course in Pune. After marriage she converted to Buddhism embracing Ambedkar’s thoughts. As a child she was denied education being a dalit and as a woman, but her yearning of studying was such that she sat outside the class and studied. Shantabai was born into a Maharashtrian mahar family in Solapur. ![]()
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