Upara

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| author = Laxman Mane

| title_orig = उपरा

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| cover_artist = Subhash Awchat

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| language = Marathi language

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| subject = Autobiography

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| publisher = Granthali

| pub_date = 1980

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| media_type = Print

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| isbn = 978-8126002313

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Upara ({{langx|mr|उपरा}} meaning outsider) is an autobiography written by Laxman Mane, a writer who lives in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is written in the Marathi language. It was first published in 1980.{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4434|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4434}} It has been translated into English by A. K. Kamat and titled "Upara - An Outsider".{{cite book|author1=Vinoda Kumāra Śukla|author2=Satti Khanna|title=A Window Lived In A Wall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gx82vIipNmMC&pg=PA63|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2172-7|page=63}} Arjun Dangle sees it as a remarkable example of a "Dalit" autobiography.{{cite book|author=Arjuna Ḍāṅgaḷe|title=Poisoned Bread: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKy28jPKZhEC&pg=PA255|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1992|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-0-86311-254-6|page=255}} It finds mention in Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature under the genre Autobiography (Marathi). {{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA282|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=282}} It has won the Sahitya Academy Award{{cite book|author=Amar Nath Prasad|title=Dalit Literature: A Critical Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bg0rOOqvBMkC&pg=PA69|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-817-3|pages=69–}} for the year 1981.{{cite book|author=Sāhitya Akademi|title=Indian literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-35jAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1988|publisher=Sähitya Akademi.|page=129}} According to Braj B. Kachru et al. it is a path breaking work in the domain of Marathi literature.{{cite book|author1=Braj B. Kachru|author2=Yamuna Kachru|author3=S. N. Sridhar|title=Language in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2n4sFGDEMYC&pg=PA453|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-78141-1|page=453}} The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture (2012) considers it to be a "landmark publication".{{cite book|author1=Vasudha Dalmia|author2=Rashmi Sadana|title=The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hyIWIe4T0YC&pg=PA145|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=5 April 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-51625-9|pages=145–}}