00913pab a2200169 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Paik, Shailaja Amchya Jalmachi Chittarkatha (the bioscope of our lives): who is my ally? 2009 p.39-47. 3 Oct This paper questions the commonly-held view by mainstream feminists and some Dalit men that Dalit women are somehow more "liberated" than high caste women. I argue that Dalit women also face patriarchal oppression, though it has a specific quality. Under such circumstances, who is a Dalit woman's ally? The essay focuses on the penumbra of debilitating circumstances, which call for a further understanding of the particular context of Dalit femininity and oppressed sexuality. - Reproduced. Women Economic and Political Weekly N 83906 83906 83906 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 44, Issue no: 40 AR84366 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR