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Sharmila Rege

1964 - 2013

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Sharmila Rege (7 October 1964 – 13 July 2013) was an Indian sociologist, feminist scholar and author of Writing Caste, Writing Gender. She led the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women's Studies Centre, (the department of Gender Studies) at University of Pune which position she occupied since 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sharmila Rege has received more than 78,246 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sharmila Rege is the 7,200th most popular writer (down from 6,355th in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from India (down from 1,070th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Notable Works

Writing Caste Writing Gender Reading Dalit Womens Testimonios
Dalits, Women, biography, India, biography
2013
Against the Madness of Manu: B.R Ambedkar's Writings on Brahmanical Patriarchy
Hindu women, Social conditions, Hinduism
2013
Sociology of Gender
2003
Sociology of Gender ; The Challenge of Feminist Sociological Knowledge
Women, Social conditions, Sex role
2003
Dalit studies as pedagogical practice
Dalits, Social aspects of Higher education, Higher Education
2006
Writing Caste, Writing Gender
Biography, Dalits, Poor women
A pathbreaking study of Dalit women’s writings and lives, Writing Caste/Writing Gender offers a powerful counternarrative to the mainstream assumptions about the development of feminism in India in the twentieth century. Featuring extensive extracts from eight Dalit women’s life-narratives—or testimonios—on issues such as food, hunger, community, caste, labor, education, violence, resistance, and collective struggle, the book brings to vivid life voices that unequivocally show that Dalit feminism, far from being silent as so often presumed, is rich, powerful, and layered—as well as highly articulate.
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sharmila Rege ranks 7,200 out of 7,302. Before her are Bill McKibben, Snooki, Anita Sarkeesian, Dawid Jung, Josh Singer, and Emily St. John Mandel. After her are Kae Tempest, Peter Craig, Haddy N'jie, Jenna Bush Hager, Yahya Hassan, and Susan Cain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Sharmila Rege ranks 908. Before her are Steve Alford, Hisataka Fujikawa, Takao Oishi, Adam Carolla, Patty Griffin, and Phil Housley. After her are Clayton Blackmore, Hussain Shah, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ralph Garman, Roy Wegerle, and Jennifer Gillom. Among people deceased in 2013, Sharmila Rege ranks 547. Before her are Besik Kudukhov, Yasuhiro Yamada, Vince Flynn, Lázaro Rivas, Sushmita Banerjee, and Todd Bennett. After her are Pavlos Fyssas, Jason Molina, Andrew Simpson, Jiah Khan, Mindy McCready, and Sean Edwards.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sharmila Rege ranks 1,411 out of 1,861. Before her are Janhvi Kapoor (1997), Karthi (1977), Pramod Sawant (1973), Taapsee Pannu (1987), Karan Singh Grover (1982), and Rachna Banerjee (1974). After her are Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965), Mouni Roy (1985), Abhay Deol (1976), Kalpana (1965), Karan Soni (1989), and Vicky Kaushal (1988).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sharmila Rege ranks 152. Before her are Chetan Bhagat (1974), Meena Alexander (1951), Anita Nair (1966), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), and Sushmita Banerjee (1964). After her are Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Anupama Chopra (1967), Meena Kandasamy (1984), and Sona Mohapatra (1976).

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