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.
Highlights
Bama: I was born and brought up in a Dalit Christian family in W
Bama, 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
I was sent to a nearby town for higher studies
Summary
Bama: I was born and brought up in a Dalit Christian family in W. Bama: My grandmother used to work in the upper caste landlord’s fields. Bama: People who are discriminated against and socially excluded on account of their caste and who militantly oppose such a system of discrimination and dehumanisation are Dalits.
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