Jatin Bala

Jatin Bala^[1] is a Dalit author who was born Parhiyali, Manirampur in Jessore in the then East Pakistan on 5 May 1949.

One of his stories, "On firm ground", is included in translation in Survival and Other Stories: Bangla Dalit Fiction in Translation. 2012.^[2]

Works[]

Poetry[]

• Jeebaner Naam Jantrana (The name of Life is Pain)
• Minati Keu Rakheni (Nobody Has Kept Request)
• Aamar Shabdai Shanita Astra (My Words as Sharpened Weapon)
• A Verse as a Sharpened Weapon (Translated into English by Satya Debnath)

Short Story[]

• Nepo Nidhan Parba (Nepo Slain Episode)
• Gondir Bandhe Bhangan (Dissolution in the Barrage of Circle)
• Vanga Banglar Dui Mukha (Two faces of Broken Bengal)
• Samaj Chetanar Galpo
• Stories of Social Awakening: Reflections of Dalit Refugee Lives of Bengal(translated from Bangla into English by Jaydeep Sarangi)

Novel[]

• Aamriter Jiban Kotha (Life of Elixir)
• Shikarh Chhenrha Jeeban(Root Severing Life) (Autobiographical)

Research Articles[]

• Dalita Sahitya Aandalan (Dalit Literary Movement)
• Bastu Badi Motua Aandalan (Materialistic Motua Movement)
• Satya Aannetion (In Search of Truth)
• Itihasher Aloke Sri Hari Guruchand o Matua Aandalan (Sri Hari Guruchand in the light of History and Matua Movement)

See also[]

• Dalit Literature

References[]