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Manoranjan Byapari, MLA: ‘I can now do away with the pain of those I used to write about’
The Dalits and the poor should definitely join politics, says Manoranjan Byapari, who was a rickshaw driver and a cook at a government school before becoming a celebrated writer and now an MLA. He talks about his life and what his priorities are going to be as an MLA
Manoranjan Byapari, who came into the limelight with the publication of his autobiography
Itibritte Chandal Jebon in 2012, was appointed chairperson of the State Dalit Sahitya Academy by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government last year. In the recently concluded assembly elections, he stood from the Balagarh reserved constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket and won. The life of Manoranjan Byapari, MLA, has been full of struggles. He came to India as a refugee before the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 and hails from the Namasudra community. In 1975, when he was just 20, he was arrested for participation in a politi
Manoranjan Byapari: ‘There won’t be any gods in Bangla Dalit Literature’
‘Bangla Dalit Literature will be a literature of humanity. We won’t have any gods and we won’t demean anybody. Everyone will be presented just as they are. We will create a new literature.’ Manorajan Byapari, chairman, Bangla Dalit Sahitya Academy, in conversation with Kartik Choudhary
Manoranjan Byapari came into the limelight after the publication of his autobiography, Chandal Jebon
, in 2012. On 14 September, 2020 he was appointed chairperson of the Bangla Dalit Sahitya Academy by the Mamata Banerjee-led Government of West Bengal. Byapari had come to India as a refugee from East Pakistan just before the 1971 Indo-Pak war. In 1975, when he was just 20, he was arrested for participation in a political event. He learnt how to read and write during his stay in the jail. After his release, he started driving a rickshaw. His meeting with Mahashweta Devi, a literary giant of Bengal, was the turning