Of The Out Caste By Premchand And Sharankumar Limbale

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Aim of Research: The writers of my research are Premchand and SharanKumar Limbale have been written about the issues of caste, social dominance, women subjugation and problems faced by lower caste people in India. Dalit people are oppressed by the upper class people And they are constantly fighting for their identity and for their survival in the society. In my thesis, I will analyze selected works of the two writers Sharankumar and Prem Chand which are based on social dominance and subjugation of Dalit people. My area of research is social dominance and subaltern consciousness in which I will analyze the condition of Dalit people. The main questions I will investigate are why Dalit are excluded from the society? How are they treated …show more content…

Both the novels reflected the social dominance and a unique picture of caste system in India. The novel Out Caste is an autobiographical novel of Sharankumar Limbale. He portrays all events from his childhood to the age of 25year. In this book he conveys that how his family treated by upper caste people. He is the victim of a rape. Until his graduation he does not know about his father. Limbale in his interview said that still in the rural area the dalits are harassed by the upper caste people and in urban life the upper caste people are torturing the dalits in many way. He has written about his pain and pangs. Caste is one of the central central feature of Indian society. The novel Gift of Cow is a story of a poor family of Hori . His family struggle for the survival and self respect. Like many Hindus of his time believes that making the gift of a cow to a Brahman before he dies will help to achieve salvation. It is the potation of the village life before independence. We can know form this novel the zamindar system and communalism days before independence. Still these people are suffering from social injustice in the

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