Dalitism: Sufferings of Past as Pains of Death
Priyanka Sharma
- Pages
- pp. 123-128
- Published
- January 1, 2011
Priyanka Sharma (2011). Dalitism: Sufferings of Past as Pains of Death. Labyrinth, 2(1), 123-128.
Abstract
Literature always anticipates life. Dalit Literature, born out of pain and poverty, reflects the nuances of various diachronic paroxysms molded through diverse range of hapless segment of India. Dalit Literature in India is an attempt to bring the forefront the experience of discrimination, humiliation, suppression, anguish and mirror forth the depiction of the ill starred marginalized section of Indian Society. The growing corpus of Dalit Texts, Poems, Short Stories, Novels, and Autobiographies however seeks to ratify the traumas of being an “untouchable”. The reality of their life is too hideously shocking rather beyond the capacity of fantasy or imagination and their tragedy is universal, trampling down and disfiguring their humanity. This paper is an attempt to explore the different ways where Dalits “the untouchables” have faced an enormous burden of oppression and exploitation as a result of the stigma of defilement
Keywords:DiscriminationHumiliationSuppressionAnguishdefilement


