Thoughts of Dalitiyam in Koogai Novel

Abstract

We are witnessing the development in science field day by day and we can see many progressive developments in literature. Agam and Puram in Tamil literature, theoretically have taken deep root and it spread like a tree and has come to the stage of expressing the life of marginal people. The word ‘Dalitiyam’ is discussed among many people. The main aim of Dalitism is that the Dalit people, who have been oppressed by the dominant caste for ages, should get their freedom. Today Dalit literature seeks to destroy dominant concepts of equality at all levels. Efforts to abolish caste without destruction, reservation, agitations, uprisings for political and economic equality are the main factors in the development of Dalit literature. The article studies the way how Dalits are portrayed in S. Dharma’s work Koogai and about their lifestyles, feelings and thoughts.