Jayant Parmer is an India

India

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n Urdu language poet known for raising Dalit

Dalit

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 issues in his poetry.

Parmer was born in a poor family. At a young age, he began to paint miniature paintings for a frame maker. Parmer realized that the frame maker had a separate pot for him because he was Dalit. This saddened Parmer and he quit.

Parmer taught himself Urdu from a language learning guide at age 30 after he developed an appreciation for Urdu poetry

Urdu poetry

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 while living in a Muslim-dominated area in the walled city area of Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

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He has published three poetry collections: Aur in 1998, Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein in 2006, and Manind in 2008. Parmer won the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu

Sahitya Akademi Award to Urdu Writers

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for Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein
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