Daniel, K.

Mirage A Sri Lankan Dalit Novel - Chennai Kumaran Books 2016 - xxi, 321 p .,

Mirage, a Dalit 'Historical' novel first published in 1986 by K. Daniel of Jaffna, a catholic by birth but Marxist by choice, makes a probing inquiry into the early 20th century ' conversation' to Catholicism of the Nalavars and the pallars, two of the region's most downtrodden castes, asking what differnce the change of religion made to their overall well-being.

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