Poem Achchut ki Shikayat did not become a magic wand for Dalit,,

Many upper -caste academics have worked on Dalit issues .But in modern time this wonderful poem of Heera Dom Achchut ki Shikayat is unnoticed,excluded and underappreciated . This poem is a significant example of Dalit literature.Heera Dom was a Bhojpuri poet .He was born in 1885 at Danapur in Bihar state. Very amazing thing about this poem is,it was published in the Hindi magazine Saraswati,,in 1914 and Editor was Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi . Really Dwivedi Ji was a great person he has given chance to a Dalit Bhojpuri poet in a Hindi magazine .Hira Dom belongs to a marginalized community Dom.The traditional occupation of their community is making household items of bamboo (Bamboo Vulgeries ) . The house hold items are  soop ,Dagra or big thali of bamboo and many more.They earn their livelihood by segregating the ashes after cremation.They search for a saleable items in it They are not allowed to do any other work due to.caste pollution . If you have  time must read this poem of Heera Dom .

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