In this episode of On Book Podcast with The Hindu, we are joined by Yogesh Maitreya a leading independent Dalit publisher, writer and poet.
We are discussing his memoir, ‘Water In A Broken Pot’- where he recounts his life journey growing up in a working-class family with meagre wages to starting publishing house - Panther’s Paw Publication from the hostel room of Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 2017. The memoir is more than the story of his personal struggles. It is an introspective account of growing up in a casteist society that interrogates both his own self, his family, friends and the society at large. It questions the stereotypes that we have grown up with in the mainstream media, both films & books and how it leads to othering of an entire section of society.
Guest: Yogesh Maitreya, poet, writer, translator, and the founder of Panther’s Paw Publications.
Host: Sobhana K. Nair, The Hindu
Edited by Jude Francis Weston
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