An Undeniable Era And Approaches Towards Subaltern Studies

Abstract

   This paper focuses on the humiliation, discrimination, and exploitation faced by the Dalit people as subalterns in India which is based on caste, religion, gender, and the vulnerable situation of the Dalit community. From the analysis, many used the power of writing to beat the shackles of untouchability and Dalit oppression. Also, a number of Dalit writers also emerged claiming the equality they should be provided. A silent and safe protest could be made by the process of writing. Nobody was banned from writing and as long as they could write they continued to unravel the cruel deeds of the upper class. Nobody but the women writers could talk of the difficulties they had to face in such a caste and religion-based society. In the daylight, all the upper caste people seem to have a feeling of untouchability towards the lower castes, but in their darkness, they saw the lower caste women as an object for sex. Now, they don't seem to have a problem with the untouchability. All these issues are brought to people's attention by the magic of writing through the writers.

Keywords: - Indian Literature, Subaltern Study, Identity Crisis, Male Domination, Dalit Literature.