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(Untouchable) words against the word: the law of material thought in Dalit poetry.(Critical essay)

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From: Language Forum
Date: 20070101
Author:Verma, Vinod

Our real problem in India is not political. It is social. (1)

(Rabindranath Tagore)

The caste system had the Indian people arranged like an amphitheater of parallelepiped galleries superimposed one above the other, with the gods sitting at the top. (2)

(Pablo Neruda)

Did not know That murder Is the badge of courage? That robbery is not a crime It is but culture. How innocent they were My ancestors Humane Yet untouchable! (3)

(Om Prakash Valmiki)

ABSTRACT

Dalits in Indian society have been suffering for ages because of the caste system. Their lives ...

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