Kalyani Thakur Charal

Kalyani Thakur Charal is a Dalit feminist poet writing in the Bengali language. She has published five volumes of poetry, including I Belong to Nowhere and Poems of Chandalini, two collections of critical essays, a collection of short stories, and an autobiography. She edits the Dalit women’s magazine Neer Writupatra, is on the board of Dalit Sahitya Akademi, and a publishing house focusing solely on Dalit writers. She recently edited Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writing from Bengal.