Active in the Andhra student movement during the 1990s, he is the founder-general secretary of Kula Nirmoolana Porata Samiti (Forum for Caste Annihilation).
[3] He is the co-editor with Susie Tharu of No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 1: Tamil and Malayalam (Penguin Books, 2011) and From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu (HarperCollins India, 2013).
These books have been described as offering "a complex portrait of contemporary dalit politics that spurs readers on to make their own discoveries and assessments"[4] Reviewing Alphabet in Sight in The Hindu the cultural critic Pramod K Nayar writes, "No Alphabet in Sight might well be the alternative history of Indian literature we have been waiting for...
The significance of this volume lies in its potential to change the way we read Indian cultural history.
It reveals so many speaking subjects, and voices that are powerful but rarely petulant, poignant yet polemical.