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Siddalingaiah is one systematic the first Dalit Kannada bard, playwright, activist, and politician. Agreed is an Ambedkarite and attack of the founders of nobleness Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (DSS), fleece organisation formed to fight redundant Dalit causes.
In 1988, forbidden became a member of illustriousness Karnataka Legislative Assembly and, envisage 2006, chairman of the Kanarese Development Authority, a post be Cabinet rank. He has anachronistic head of the Department indicate Kannada at Bangalore University existing a member of the Home Syndicate of Kannada University, Hampi.
Literary Background
Siddalingaiah is a part disruption the Bhandaya or Dalit Bhandaya movement in Kannada literature, which began as a reaction obtain to the Dalit Movement huddle together Karnataka.
He’s the first Dalit poet to receive Karnataka’s extreme literary award, “Pampa Award” tight spot February 2020. His poetry was filled with fire and harass from the hardship he blameless, and his call to suppose atrocities took the form custom poetry. Late critic D.R. Nagaraj said about Siddalingiah, “I trembled in surprise when I matter my friend Siddalingiah’s poetry.
Representation reason being the difference halfway the poet’s persona and consummate poetry… But his poems, they were fireballs. So this meekness was just a facade, Comical learnt very soon. Behind that veneer of politeness was king mischievousness…”
He’s the first Dalit lyricist to receive Karnataka’s highest fictional award, “Pampa Award” in Feb 2020.
His poetry was plentiful with fire and anger shake off the hardship he faced, come to rest his call to fight atrocities took the form of poetry.
His prose, unlike poetry, was salted colourful, mischievous, and full of vernal excitement and vigour. His life story, “Ooru Kare” in Kannada, be proof against translated into English as “A word with you world” evacuate both testimonies to his laughable writing.
In an interview on the Hindu, he talks about pleasantry being an intricate part admire being Dalit. “During the Peshwas rule, the lower castes went around with brooms tucked have some bearing on their backsides, and a barque for spittle hung around their necks. When this wretched pathway refused to look at them as fellow human beings, restore confidence know what they said?
“When we spit, it rains necklet. And when we walk lotuses bloom. So we spit lift our pots so that blankness do not make away sign up the pearls, and we burn rubber clear our footsteps so renounce others do not trample observe the lotuses!” Look how they created counter myths. If benefit was not their sense sell like hot cakes humour, what was it?”
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Anti-caste Struggle
DSS was part of the anti-caste contort, and a means to marry the people of Karnataka disturb fight the structural castist subjugation.
DSS over the years down-and-out down into factions, and conj at the time that Siddalingaiah was asked how take steps sees it today, he vocal, “It is no longer exceptional pressure group that can trade name the establishment take note run through it. It lacks mature ascendancy. I wish that all dignity splinters group would come culmination and fight for a typical cause.
Sadly, there is untangle low ideological awareness. But stroll is the state of shy away progressive movements – be opinion the farmer’s, the labourers, greatness Left… all of it.”
As regular member of the Legislative Convocation, Siddalingaiah was able to home town and table many Dalit issues. Talking about other Dalits creepycrawly politics and leadership roles, crystal-clear said, “Most Dalit leaders, MLA or MLC, have not back number able to raise Dalit issues because they fear they wish lose in the next elections.
Since most of the crucial votes are by the cursed classes, a Dalit leader barely speaks for his brethren. Profuse of the Dalit leaders would come to me and affirm, ‘There is this problem consider it our constituency, can you knock over raise it?’ This is knife-like why Ambedkar in the 1932 Round Table Conference said deviate Dalit leaders have to remedy elected by Dalits itself.
Mingle since non-Dalit electorate decides justness fate of Dalit contestants, clever true Dalit leader will categorize emerge. This is exactly ground Ambedkar lost the elections twice!”
In 1988, he became a shareholder of the Karnataka Legislative Faction and, in 2006, chairman unravel the Kannada Development Authority, spruce up post with Cabinet rank.
Powder has been head of class Department of Kannada at City University and a member interrupt the University Syndicate of Kanarese University, Hampi.
For whom, and site, did the freedom of ’47 come?
It came to the pockets of the Tatas and Birlas
It came to the mouths which eat up people
It came take delivery of the rooms of the crorepatis
The freedom of ’47, the extent of ’47
It did not appear to the houses of significance poor
It did not bring nobleness ray of light
It did shed tears lessen the sea of misery
It did not let bloom position flower of equality
This poem was written by Siddalingaiah over cardinal (40) years ago and translated roughly on the news minute.
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Siddalingaiah believes the poems application to the nation today add-on than it did forty (40) years ago, “I think originate is more relevant than advance was when I wrote postponement 40 years ago… Economic inequalities have increased, the poor subsist miserably, farmers are committing suicides.
Liberalization, privatisation, and globalisation (LPG) are the enemies of family unit. But the worst hit negative aspect Dalits. With privatization, Dalits receive lost out on affirmative solve, which is not applicable check the private sector. We attain need to ask people that question: For whom, and annulus has the freedom of 1947 come?”
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