Accomplishments
“Critical Perspectives on Multiple Exploitation and Abuse of Dalit Female Characters in Sharan Kumar Limbale's The Outcaste.”
- Abstract
Various intersecting genderized and racialized oppressive social constructs have subjected Dalit women to multiple exploitation in the name of their caste, gender and class in Indian society. The present paper critically explores the problematization of the multiple exploitations of Dalit women in the inner circle of their family and the outer social set up, which is legitimatized by the hegemonic socio-cultural dogmatic dictums. It has been observed that there is a lot of contradiction and hypocrisy in the perception of status of woman and the treatment meted out to them in Indian society. Generally, Indian women have been glorified and treated as Goddesses for worshipping on one hand, and on the other hand they have been exploited, raped, killed, humiliated and sidelined in their real lives. They are least preferred for the mainstream work within the family structure and always given biased treatment in the outer circle of the society. In such situations, it is found that Dalit Women occupy a unique doubly subordinated place wherein their caste and gender turn them in to sexual objects which are to be possessed, controlled and manipulated as and when required by men. The present paper critically analyzes a well-known autobiography of Dalit writer: the Outcaste (Akkarmashi) by Sharan Kumar Limbale (translated from Marathi by SantoshBhoomkar in 2003) which primarily recounts the painful memories of inhuman treatment given to Dalit women.