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Volume 3 Issue 3 |
November 2017 |
| Dalitness and Struggle: Two Faces of the Same Coin | |
| Mr. S. Mahesh Naik, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vedavathi Government First Grade College, Hiriyur, Chitradurga Dist., , Dr. B.H. Nagya Naik, Professor, Department of P G Studies and Research in English, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga Dist., , |
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| Abstract | |
| Karukku, written by Bama, narrates what life is like outside the mainstream. Bama writes her bitter experiences and struggle as a Dalit girl, as a Dalit woman and as a Dalit nun. The text provides a critique of the upper caste attitude towards Dalits. Men, women and children of upper-caste treat them as slaves and with contempt. Even the Church is not an exception. It exposes the hypocrisy of the Church and convent authorities (nuns and priests) who forget the noble values like service, kindness, forgiveness, love and equality preached by Jesus Christ. The book deftly unfolds different kinds of humiliation a person has to undergo and the struggle one has to make just because he/she was born as a dalit. At the same time the book gives a clarion call to Dalits not to be deceived in the name of God and rituals of the Church. | |
| Keywords | |
| Dalit; Bitter Experiences; Hypocrisy; Humiliation; and Struggle. | |
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