The Outcaste || By Sharankumar Limbale || Autobiography || Life-Writing

The Outcaste is written by Sharankumar Limbal, portrays the anguish and ridiculous experiences of his life as a Dalit. The Outcaste captures the impacts of violence and discrimination against Dalits. In this novel the author is haunted by the crisis of identity. This is an autobiographical novel which shows the dark side of India in which the Dalits are oppressed. . He uses the metaphor, idioms and imagery to explore his inner grief and quest for identity. He faced the discrimination at the school when he was a student. The pupils from high caste like Brahmin and Wani sat in class and the Mahar boys sat at the entrance of the door. The school teacher called him the son of a witch. When he joined the school on the first day other …show more content… They picked up the lumps of dung and washed the dung in the river water, collected only the clean grains. Then his grandmother dried in the sun and ground into flour. Whenever a calf died in the village and one had to drag it skin away. The owner of the dead animal gave some grain which helps to appease the hunger. Dalit does not mean low caste .Dalit does not mean any religion . Dalit refers to some impure people with a distinct culture and tradition . A Dalit is not only forbidden to enter in the home a Brahmin but he must also not draw water from some well no eat from same pot or place. He must not allow glance at or allow his shadow to fall on Brahmin. All their acts will pollute the pure- Brahmin. India is a country with a lot of tradition and culture and beauty has an unwanted ugly and inhuman structure called caste system one cannot but feel ashamed of this caste system in India. Despite the fact that untouchability is practiced throughout the …show more content… At the college level, he became more consciousness toward the injustice against his community. He had friends who were also Dalit and the pain of poverty crushed all of them. All boys in the hostel were Dalits and it was like a zoo . We stopped saying Namaskar and started saying Jai Bhiam. He followed the guidance of B. R. Ambedka. . Dr Ambedkar is the best example in front of many Dalits in India. Dr. Ambedkar ‘s thought and philosophy of life brought and revolutionary change in the life of Dalits society. He gave those important political rights and social liberty to Dalits. But till today member of lower castes face the caste discrimination and subjugation. Untouchables are very poorly compensated for their labour and thus forced to live a pressurized life. They live poor life , clothe are unclean , houses are drity and unhealthy. Poverty made them bondage and dependent on a strong man of villages. Illiteracy therefore becomes a major blundering in their interconnection with literature. A majority of Dalits is an uneducated and they could not define a new India. “Hindus see the cow as their mother. A human mother is cremated , but when a cow dies they need a Maha to dipose it , the owner weeps when one of her animals die.