Finding aspects of Protest and Resistance in Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan
Keywords:
Dalit, Protest, Resistance, Exploitation, Injustice, AutobiographyAbstract
Dalit narrative is an emerging genre to establish to show silent voice of a depressed section. Mainstream literature has no space for Dalit cause. The works of established literature ignore the pain and sufferings of downtrodden people. Dalit literature emerged due to Dalit panther movements. Dalit Panther movement is inspired by American Black Panther movement, which has encouraged Dalit writers to start write. Joothan is a text by one of the Dalit literary genius Omprakash Valmiki. He tries to depict discriminatory mindset of upper caste people. Joothan itself tries to show the traumatic experience of the narrator in particular and Dalit people as a whole. The narrator endeavours to depict the conflict between upper caste Tyagas and lower caste Chuhras. Readers find a voice of protest and resistance through the narrator’s parents.
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