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Ram Vilas Paswan in the eyes of Dalit author Mohandas Nemishrai

Ram Vilas Paswan is a senior Dalit leader in Parliament. Given the powers at his disposal, shouldn’t he be working towards curbing the rising atrocities against Dalits? He may be doing something about it but it is clear that he is just a shadow of the firebrand leader that he once was

Mohandas Nemishrai May 27, 2018
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About The Author

Mohandas Nemishrai

Mohandas Nemishrai, the editor of the well-know Dalit magazine Bayan, is counted among top Dalit litterateurs. Besides poems, short stories and novels, he has written many books on literary criticism.

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