Malika Amar Sheikh

Malika Amar Sheikh (born 16 February 1957) is a Marathi writer and political activist from Maharashtra, India.[1] She is the president of the Dalit Panthers party.

Personal life

Malika Amar Sheikh was born on 16 February 1957 to Shahir Amar Sheikh.[2]

She was married to Dalit poet, and co-founder of the Dalit Panthers, Namdev Dhasal.[3]

Family

Malika is the daughter of Shahir Amar Sheikh, and the wife of the late Namdeo Dhasal.[4]

Political activism

After the death of her husband, she was elected the president of the Dalit Panthers party. She led the party during Maharashtra civic bodies elections in 2017[5]


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)
  • 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, ISBN 81-89621-00-9
  • The Tree of Tongues — An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, edited by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.[6]
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References
  1. "Poetry International Web - Malika Amar Sheikh". India.poetryinternationalweb.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  2. "परखड आणि स्पष्टवक्ती मल्लिका". Marathi.Divya. 2013-05-24. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. "The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature". cosal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. Rakshit Sonawane (11 September 2007). "Dhasal's times of irony and anger". The Indian Express.
  5. "The Heart is a Lonely Woman - Life of Malika Amar Sheikh". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. "tribuneindia...Book Reviews". Tribuneindia.com. 1999-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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