These 12 books offer distinct ways into Dalit history and the continuing struggle against caste oppression: poetry, fiction, memoir, and historical and political nonfiction. Scroll.in published its reading list on April 16, 2022; it is a dated set of recommendations, not a guarantee that every title or edition is currently available. The books range across languages, regions, and subjects, from labour and education to Dalit women’s movements and organized activism.
Dalit History Month is observed in April. Scroll describes its beginnings among a group of Dalit women in India, inspired by Black History Month, as a way to reclaim agency and bring silenced histories and lived experiences forward. IIHS Library likewise frames the observance as honoring Dalit and Bahujan histories, struggles, and contributions. Scroll.in’s 2022 list and IIHS Library’s 2026 exhibition provide the context for the selections below.
12 books on Dalit history, caste, and resistance
The list moves from poems and stories to individual and family memoirs, then to books about political thought and movements. Translator credits are included where Scroll provides them. The descriptions reflect the list’s framing rather than independent reviews.
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Love After Babel & Other Poems — Chandramohan S.
This poetry collection addresses caste atrocities, gendered violence, the beef controversy, and Islamophobia. It also considers how minority women can be excluded from mainstream feminist discourse.
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Days Will Come Back — Kamal Dev Pall, translated from Punjabi by Rajinder Azad
Scroll describes this as the first Punjabi Dalit poetry collection translated into English. Its poems foreground Dalit labour, love, aspirations, and contributions to Punjab.
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A Current of Blood — Namdeo Dhasal, translated from Marathi by Dilip Chitre
Dhasal’s poetry confronts casteism and its effects with anger, while looking toward a society free of caste prejudice.
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The Runaway Boy — Manoranjan Byapari, translated from Bengali by V. Ramaswamy
This semi-autobiographical novel follows Jibon, a Dalit boy displaced by Partition and poverty as he searches for a better life.
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Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories — Ratan Kumar Sambharia, translated from Hindi by Mridul Bhasin
A collection of fifteen short stories about injustice, poverty, greed, and the persistence of love and integrity.
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Seasons of the Palm — Perumal Murugan, translated from Tamil by V. Geetha
The novel follows Shorty, a Dalit farmhand boy, and contrasts his life with the privilege and caste attitudes of upper-caste children.
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Strike a Blow to Change the World — Eknath Awad, translated from Marathi by Jerry Pinto
In this memoir, Dalit Mang activist Eknath Awad recounts caste humiliation, the importance of education, Dalit Panthers activism, land-rights work, and his later advocacy.
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Coming Out As Dalit — Yashica Dutt
Dutt’s memoir draws on her own and other Dalit experiences. It addresses caste identity, access to quality education, Dalit women’s movements, and representation in the media.
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Untouchables: My Family’s Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India — Narendra Jadhav
This family memoir draws on the author’s father’s diary entries and stories to describe a family’s pursuit of equality, dignity, and justice.
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Dalits and the Making of Modern India — Chinnaiah Jangam
This nonfiction study examines nationalism through a Dalit lens, including Dalit intellectuals, Telugu Dalit writing, identity, and nationhood.
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Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History — JV Pawar, translated from Marathi by Rakshit Snawane
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We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement — Urmila Pawar and Meenakshi Moon, translated from Marathi by Wandana Sonalkar
Based on research including periodicals and personal correspondence, this nonfiction work documents more than forty Dalit women and their roles in the Ambedkarite movement.
How to choose a starting point
The books are not interchangeable accounts of one experience. Choose according to the form, perspective, and subject you want to explore.
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- For poetry: Begin with Chandramohan S., Kamal Dev Pall, or Namdeo Dhasal. Pall and Dhasal’s books are translations from Punjabi and Marathi respectively.
- For fiction: The Runaway Boy and Seasons of the Palm center boys navigating displacement, poverty, labour, and caste relations; Thunderstorm offers fifteen short stories.
- For personal and family accounts: Strike a Blow to Change the World, Coming Out As Dalit, and Untouchables approach lived experience through activism, identity, education, and family history.
- For movements and political history: Dalit Panthers focuses on a movement through a founding member’s account; We Also Made History brings Dalit women’s participation in the Ambedkarite movement into focus. Jangam’s study examines Dalit perspectives on modern India and nationhood.
These distinctions also help keep regional setting, language, gender, labour, education, violence, and political thought visible rather than flattening different Dalit histories into a single narrative.
Dalit literature beyond this 2022 list
The twelve titles are an entry point, not a complete canon or a current availability guide. IIHS Library’s exhibition Reclaiming Silenced Voices ran from April 1 to June 30, 2026, and presented literature addressing caste discrimination through memoir, poetry, essays, and fiction. Its bibliography includes works such as The Trauma of Caste, The Persistence of Caste, Fakira, and We Also Made History. See the IIHS Library exhibition and bibliography for a broader set of reading leads. Penguin Random House India has also published a Dalit History Month reading page discussing titles including The Trauma of Caste, Water in a Broken Pot, Fear and Other Stories, Vultures, Fakira, and Caste Matters; those are publisher recommendations. Explore Penguin Random House India’s list.
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