Stories of Re-negotiating Caste Hierarchies
Catherine Thankamma
SPEAKING SANDALS: NARRATIVES FROM THE MADIGAWADAS OF ONGOLE by By Yendluri Sudhakar. Translated from the original Telugu by K. Purushotham Southside Books, Hyderabad, 2023, 128 pp., INR 200.00
January 2024, volume 1, No January 2024, volume 48, No 1

The initiative of the Hyderabad Book Trust in publishing alternative literature in translation is commendable. By publishing K Purushotham’s translation of Yendluri Sudhakar’s Speaking Sandals: Narratives from the Madigawadas of Ongole, it has ensured the text pan-Indian visibility.

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