Entitlement versus exploitation: A critical examination of Bhikhari Thakur’s Nai Bahar (Record no. 532200)
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| Personal name | Singh, Dhananjay |
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| Title | Entitlement versus exploitation: A critical examination of Bhikhari Thakur’s Nai Bahar |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Economic & Political Weekly |
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| Extent | 60(48), Nov 29, 2025: p.69-78 |
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| Summary, etc | Nai Bahar (1932), a Bhojpuri composition by Bhikhari Thakur (1887–1971), is critically examined through the discourse of hakdari (entitlement) and hakmari (exploitation). Unlike caste histories aligned with Sanskritisation, Nai Bahar serves as a lived autobiography of the Nai (barber) caste, exposing systemic oppression within the varna order. Thakur critiques the jajmani system that exploits barbers despite their ritual importance and proposes migration as a means of liberation, dignity, and economic survival. By linking local caste struggles with broader labour migrations, including the girmitiya experience, the text redefines migration as resistance and self-assertion. As the first caste-based autobiographical narrative in Bhojpuri literature, Nai Bahar offers a powerful intervention in Dalit–backward caste histories and labour discourse.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/48/special-articles/entitlement-versus-exploitation.html |
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| Main entry heading | Economic & Political Weekly |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2026-01-02 | 60(48), Nov 29, 2025: p.69-78 | AR137836 | 2026-01-02 | Articles |