DALIT LITERATURE: THE QUEST FOR EMANCIPATION

Abstract

Dalit literature is a body of text produced by writers whose caste background used to be referred to as "Untouchable" or "Scheduled caste", and whose writing engages with caste, caste discrimination, and Indian life from a Dalit point of view. Dalit literature is one of the most important literary phenomena in post-independence India that is trying to restore dignity to a community that has been wronged for ages. Their struggles relating to their stigmatized identity as "untouchables" finally being acknowledged.