Vol. 3 No. S-1 (2021): Volume 3, Issue S-1, Year 2021
Articles

Dalit feminism in cremation novel

Muthukkalanjiyam V
Department of Tamil, Parvathy's Arts and Science College, Dindigul-624002, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2021-06-11

Keywords

  • Dalit,
  • Fundamental Rights,
  • Caste,
  • Profession,
  • Problems

How to Cite

V, M. (2021). Dalit feminism in cremation novel. International Research Journal of Tamil, 3(S-1), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt21s113

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Abstract

The word Dalit was a Marathi word in a common sense of oppressed people. Today, in the defined sense of the Depressed Classes, it is an all-India term and an ideology. It is a collective symbol of some of the Depressed Classes and a symbol of a cultural politics. In the Tamil context, dalit manifestations, events and its main functions have been high since the nineties. Dalit women are depressed in the grip of untouchability, denied basic rights on the basis of caste. The purpose of this article is to examine the lack of education of Dalit women in the cremation novel, the burning of corpses in the graveyard, the suffering they suffer from professionalism, the misery and difficulties suppressed by caste degradation.

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