‘They are using Dalit votes for selfish ends’ Kalyani Thakur Charal chats about the Matuas and what ‘Brahminical’ politics is doing to them Moumita Chaudhuri | | Published 20.12.20, 02:03 AM
The first time I saw Dalit feminist writer Kalyani Thakur Charal was at a seminar last year, on the sides of a film festival in Calcutta. The theme was representation of Dalit women in Bengali films and one of the speakers was citing the example of the 2019 release,
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Dar Bou. The film directed by Pritha Chakraborty is a family drama with a woman playing the lead; it had nothing to do with Dalit women. Kalyani, who was among the invitees, got up and left the auditorium without any ado.