Dalit Movement in India: In the light of four Dalit literatures

Sutradhar, Ruman

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“…22 This depiction illustrates a discriminative attitude of the upper castes, "It is as if a Dalit has an actual disease such as leprosy." 23 She further projects how dalits were living in hapless conditions and were given leftover foods.…”

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Theme of Resistance in The Prison We Broke and The Weave of My Life

Kanwar

2022

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In this paper I want to explore the theme of Resistance which is very common in Dalit writings. Sometimes their resistance is against the dominant class, sometimes it is against economic deprivation and the other time it is strongly against the age old caste system. Earlier Dalit Literature was not given a prominent place in the mainstream literature but by the efforts of Dalit writers this scenario has been changed. Today Dalit Literature has acquired a significant place amongst other literature. In fact, Dalit Literary Studies have also been introduced in several universities. The notion of Caste is very crucial for understanding the system of structural inequalities. Dalits have often been marginalized and oppressed in several ways. Therefore, it can be said that this discrimination was the major factor which gave birth to resistance. Although, the term “resistance” should not only be seen in a negative manner because sometimes resistance is very essential in bringing up a social transformation in the society. I have selected two autobiographies namely The Prison We Broke and The Weave of My Life which are written by dalit female writers to depict the discriminatory system prevailed in the society and the harsh realities faced by dalit people. Autobiographies are generally considered personal narratives which provide a first-hand account of their experience and struggle for human dignity. For many Dalit writers literature has becomes a medium to raise their voice against the evil power of oppression and injustice. In their narratives they depict how their people have been exploited and treated inhumanly in everyday social life. Thus, these poor down trodden people ended up in a life full of pain and misery. In the last section I also want to discuss the role of B. R. Ambedkar in spreading awareness amongst the masses regarding their rights. He believed that the role of education is very important for social emancipation and eliminating the discriminatory attitude of upper caste people.

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Section: Resistance In Dalit Autobiographiesmentioning

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Theme of Resistance in The Prison We Broke and The Weave of My Life

Kanwar

2022

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“…This exploitation is due to the discrimination followed by old caste hierarchical tradition in the Hindu society. This hierarchy has been thecause for oppression of Dalits in each and every sphere of society since centuries (Sutradhar, 2014).…”

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“…Not only are Dalits extremely poor, ratherall most Dalit Populations are living below the poverty line as compared to the rest of the population. As a result, they are almost totally dependent upon the dominant castes for their livelihoods as agricultural or urban labor (Sutradhar, 2014).…”

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“…As a result, theBadi women have extremely low literacy, heavy dependence on wage labor, discrimination in employment and wages, heavy concentration in unskilled, low-paid and hazardous manual jobs, violence and sexual exploitation, being the victims of various forms of superstitions. They have to work either as maids or bonded laborers, where they have to face sexual harassment from the upper caste male, or they will be turned as prostitutes by society (Sutradhar, 2014).…”

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Caste discrimination and its effect on changing their livelihood (A case study of Badi community Jhuprakhola, Surkhet Nepal)

Pathak¹,

Gaire²,

Mall³

2017

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This paper attempts to analyze the cast discrimination and its consequence in the Nepalese Dalit (Badi) society. In order to improve, the livelihood some constraints such as cast discrimination, social stigma, economic background, lack of land ownership, low level of participation and wide spread poverty have been discussed and how these phenomena creating discrimination on Dalit community and people. Along with these constraints the facility of drinking water, education status and sanitation in the Badi community were examined. The major objective of this research was to identify the causes that effect onBadi people and how is the facility of drinking water, education and sanitation in Badi community.Frequency and percentage were used to analyze the data. The result shows the education status is very poor compared to other community. Similarly, the sanitation and drinking water facility is also very poor in the community.

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Dalit Movement in India: In the light of four Dalit literatures

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Theme of Resistance in The Prison We Broke and The Weave of My Life

Theme of Resistance in The Prison We Broke and The Weave of My Life

Caste discrimination and its effect on changing their livelihood (A case study of Badi community Jhuprakhola, Surkhet Nepal)

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