Malika Amar Sheikh

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Malika Amar Sheikh ( Marathi मल्लिका अमर शेख ; born February 16, 1957 in the state of Bombay , now Maharashtra ) is an Indian author who writes in the Marathi language .

She is best known for her controversial autobiography . In this book she describes, among other things, the atrocities that her husband Namdeo Dhasal perpetrated on her. He is not only an author, but also active as a political activist in the Dalit movement. The two had married when Malika Amar Sheikh was 19 years old. Against this background, the book Mala Udhvasta Vhaychai (English I Want to Destroy Myself: A Memoir ) also shows the problems of the political party called Dalit Panther , which was founded by Namdeo Dhasal, as well as its conflicts with the left. It is the revision of a diary that Malika Amar Sheikh has kept since the 1980s .

Her poetry is considered powerful and combines feminism with other political ideologies that deviate from the mainstream .

Malika Amar Sheikh grew up in a left-wing intellectual household. Both parents were communists , her father died when she was 12 years old. Artists, poets and political activists came and went in their parents' home. Her own house was later also a frequent meeting place for political activists. Despite major marital problems, Malika Amar Sheikh stayed with her husband, who had been hospitalized for six months due to myasthenia before his death in 2014 . For this, Malika Amar Sheikh has often received criticism from feminists. Although she was also criticized by political activists for not supporting Namdeo Dhasa in everything, she was named party leader of the Dalit Panthers after his death.

Works

Source:

Poetry
  • Valuchya Priyakar. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prabodhini, Mumbai 1979.
  • Mahanagar. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prabodhi, Mumbai 1999.
  • Deharutu. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prabodhini, Mumbai 1999.
Autobiography
  • Mala Udhvasta Vhaychai. Majestic Prakashan, Mumbai 1984.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Literature and Languages: On Namdeo Dhasal - An Interview with Malika Amar Shaikh on YouTube
  2. ↑ Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman (Eds.): The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries . Princeton University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4008-8063-8 , pp. 386 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ↑ Dipti Nagpaul: The Heart is a Lonely Woman. The Indian Express , November 26, 2016, accessed February 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Malika Amar Sheikh. Poetry International, December 5, 2012, accessed February 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sheikh, Malika Amar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian author
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Maharashtra