In the first Reading List Leaders podcast, Vidha Saumya hosts illustrator, designer and co-founder of the Dalit Panther Archive Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar.
Shrujana’s readings include: an excerpt from Black Independence Day written by Raja Dhale for Sadhna Magazine in 1972 for Indian independence day; Don’t Bail Me Out by Namdeo Dhasal, a poem penned by Dhasal after he was jailed in the early seventies in India; and Using Little Magazines for Fame is Foolishness, an essay by Raja Dhale lamenting people who publish little magazines just because it’s ‘cool’ to do so.
Languages: Marathi, English
Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar is an illustrator and designer practicing in Mumbai. She completed her Diploma in Visual Communication and Art from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru. Her practice revolves mainly around children’s literature and illustrations. In 2016, she co-founded the Dalit Panther Archive, which has been documenting the Dalit Panther movement of the 1970s. Her research interests revolve around the exploration and definition of a Dalit aesthetic that has existed in the Indian sub-continent for centuries, in its myriad heterogenous forms. Her work examines socio-political relations, especially at the intersection of gender, caste, and class.
Photo by Shone Satheesh.
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