Shahir amar sheikh biography of michael
Shaheer sheikh first wife.
Anjana Basu
Published: May. 22, 2017
Updated: Jul. 28, 2017
Malika Amar Shaikh was the daughter of the Marathi Communist trade union leader and folk performer, Shahir Ahmed Shaikh, and his wife who came from one of the original communities of Mumbai.
The child of an inter-caste marriage, Malika grew up in an atmosphere of activism and music and instinctively turned to poetry.
Shahir amar sheikh biography of michael
Into this turbulent life burst the poet, Namdeo Dhasal, famed for his raw, smouldering verse that scorched the world of Marathi literature and for creating the Dalit Panthers based on the Malcom X model.
Something flared between them and the young, naïve Malika succumbed, despite her family’s misgivings.
Malika would, years later, write her searing autobiography, I Want to Destroy Myself. The book was a huge success when it came out in Marathi and swiftly disappeared from bookshops.
It also caused a scandal. Jer