SMVDU VC releases Bhushan Sharma’s book ‘The Outsiders Within’

SMVDU VC and others releasing Dr Bhushan Sharma’s book.
SMVDU VC and others releasing Dr Bhushan Sharma’s book.

Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, July 6: Prof Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) today unveils the book, titled “The Outsiders Within: A Dalit Feminist Standpoint in the Life Narratives of Dalit Women”, published by Dr Bhushan Sharma from Authors Press.
Dr Sharma is an alumnus of SMVDU, who pursued her doctorate under the supervision of Dr Anurag Kumar, Faculty, School of Languages and Literature.
“The Outsiders Within” is a conversion and publication of her PhD thesis, which explores the life narratives, lived experiences, and perspectives of Dalit women, and also documents the interlocutions with women of the Dalit community in India. Above all, the book concludes with the change that has been brought about owing to the standpoint of the Dalit women writers.
The book negotiates the social and economic value of the domestic, mother-care, and survival labour of the Dalit women. During the ceremony, Vinod Sharma, the Administrative Officer, SMVDU was also present.