OOrakali .........1 The paddy harvest .......11 Bayen .........25 A childhood tale ............43 Married to separateness .............57 Sukritam ..............69 Doiboki`s Day ...........81 What is My caste ...........95 2. Critical Commentaries Oorakali: Hephzibah israel ...........114 Translating the tehsildar ......122 Bayen ..........131 Translations : A dalit girl learns to write by uma Chakravarti ..........142 Caste overview