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Beed, Maharashtra

Jul 12, 2017

The poet of small thingis

Shahir Atmaram Salve was a Dalit poet from Majalgaon taluka whose work has not received due recognition. His son Pradeep sings us a revolutionary song by Salve from a compilation titled 'Thingi' – or spark

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Author

Namita Waikar

Namita Waikar is a writer, translator and Managing Editor at the People's Archive of Rural India. She is the author of the novel 'The Long March', published in 2018.

Translator

Qamar Siddique

Qamar Siddique is the Translations Editor, Urdu, at the People's Archive of Rural India. He is a Delhi-based journalist.