What is "baluta"

Baluta ( Marathi बलुतं) is an autobiography by the Indian writer Daya Pawar, written in the Marathi language. According to Kalita, Baluta "introduced autobiographical writing" to Dalit literature. Baluta is seen by the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature as an attempt by the writer to be personal yet "objective and representative", the title generalising the status of rural untouchables. It records the writer's struggle for peace, a struggle with no chance of retaliation in "word or deed".