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Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?
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Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?
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