Basudev Sunani

Basudev Sunani is one of the foremost Dalit poets of Odisha. He is the author of four collections of poetry: Aneka Kichhi Ghatibaara Achhi (Things are yet to happen 1995), Mahula Bana (The Forest of Mahula 1999), Asprushya (Untouchable 2001) and Karadi Haata (The Market of Bamboo Shoots 2005) . He has also published a long essay as a book, titled Dalit, Punjeebaad O Bhumandalikarana (Dalits, Capitalism and Globalisation 2006). His fifth volume of poetry is in the press, and he is in the final stages of completing a cultural history of Dalits in the Mahanadi basin, and a biography of Jyotiba Phule in Odia.