Malika Amar Sheikh or Malika Namdeo Dhasal (born 16 February 1957) is a Marathi writer and political activist from Maharashtra, India.[1] She is the president of the Dalit Panthers party.
Biography
Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.[2]
She is the daughter of Shahir Amar Sheikh, and the wife of the late Namdeo Dhasal.[3]
She was married to Dalit poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, Namdev Dhasal.[4] After the death of her husband, she was elected the president of the Dalit Panthers party.[5] She led the party during Maharashtra civic bodies elections in 2017.[6]
Books
- Valucha Priyakar (A Lover Made of Sand)
- Mahanagar (Metropolitan City)
- Deharutu (The Season of Body)
- Mala Udhvasta Whaychay (I Want to Get Ruined) (Autobiography)[7]
- Handle With Care
- Ek Hota Undir (Story Of A Rat)
- Koham Koham (Who Am I?)
Anthologies
- Live Update: An Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry, edited and translated by Sachin Ketkar, Mumbai: Poetrywala, 2005, Template:ISBN
- The Tree of Tongues — An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, edited by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.[8]
References
- ↑ Poetry International Web - Malika Amar Sheikh. India.poetryinternationalweb.org.
- ↑ परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका. Marathi.Divya(2013-05-24). Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ↑ Dhasal's times of irony and anger. The Indian Express(11 September 2007).
- ↑ The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature. cosal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ↑ Interview: Malika Amar Shaikh. Hindustan Times(2020-07-04). Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ The Heart is a Lonely Woman - Life of Malika Amar Sheikh. indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ↑ I Want to Destroy Myself: Review. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ tribuneindia...Book Reviews. Tribuneindia.com(1999-11-07).