Meena Community Map
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Meena Writers
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Writers from the Meena Community in western India (Rajasthan)
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There are approximately 5 million people who belong to the Meena community, mainly in Rajasthan. They are a nomadic tribe who were listed as a "Criminal Tribe" in the British colonial era.
Hari Ram Meena (1952- ): A retired police officer, poet, and writer from the Meena community from writes in Hindi. (Read our author profile here) (Our translations of his untitled epigrams here and here)
Ganga Sahay Meena. (dates unknown). A writer from the Meena community in Madhopur district in Rajasthan. He studied at JNU in Delhi, and has taught at Delhi University and Pondicherry University. They write regularly for newspapers and magazines, and have edited the book Adivasi Sahitya Vimars (Adivasi Literary Discourse). He also serves as an editorial advisor for several research journals. In 2011, he was honored with the Dalit Adivasi Dialogue Writing Award. He is the editor of the journal Adivasi Sahitya (Adivasi Literature). His short story "The Night of Poush" appears in the Lokpriya Adivasi Kahaniya anthology.
