Intersections of sexuality, labour, gender, and caste in Kishore Kale’s Against All Odds

Abstract

In this paper, I first attempt to look at some of the ways in which life narratives by
members of subaltern groups, such as Kolhatyache Por (translated as Against All Odds)
by Kishore Kale transcend or transgress the conventions of canonical autobiographies.
Second, I offer a close reading of the narrative as a feminist narrative exploring the
intersections of caste, gender, labour and sexuality.