Interview with Bama

Authors

  • Jaydeep Sarangi Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College(Calcutta University),Kolkata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22356/wic.v5i1.28

Abstract

Bama (born 1958), also known as Bama Faustina Soosairaj, is a Tamil, Dalit feminist, teacher and writer. Her autobiographical novel Karukku (1992) chronicles the joys and sorrows experienced by Dalit Christian women in Tamil Nadu. She subsequently wrote two more novels, Sangati (1994) and Vanmam (2002) along with two collections of short stories: Kusumbukkaran (1996) and Oru Tattvum Erumaiyum (2003).

Bama was born as Faustina Mary Fatima Rani in a Roman Catholic family from Puthupatti in the then Madras State. Later she adopted 'Bama' as her pen name. Susairaj was her father and Sebasthiamma, her mother. Bama's novels focus on caste and gender discrimination. She propagates Dalit feminism through her writings. 

Author Biography

  • Jaydeep Sarangi, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College(Calcutta University),Kolkata

    Jaydeep Sarangi is a bilingual writer, academic, editor, interviewer, translator and author of a number of significant publications on Postcolonial issues, Indian Writing in English, Australian Literature, Marginal literatures and Creative Writing in reputed journals/magazines in India and abroad. He is in the editorial board of several refereed journals in different continents. Widely anthologised and reviewed as a poet and a critic on marginal writings, he has authored  five poetry collections in English and one in Bengali. About his poems Keki Daruwalla says, “Jaydeep Sarangi gives a fresh paint to everyday living. ‘Small rivers’ near tribal villages are his haunts. His language can be unorthodox, where a rock can turn into a ‘reckless flow', but his poems are a rewarding read, with the scent of herbs coming through the pages.â€Â 

    Associate Professor in English

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Published

2018-01-28

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018): February

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Interviews

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