VEMAIAH BEESUPOGU

NARENDRA JADHAV’S   OUTCASTE: A MEMOIR-   A STORY OF THE METAMORPHOSIS OF DALITS             The new category of writing ‘Dalit literature’ has established itself as a new literary movement in several regions in India in the last four decades. Arjun dangle offers a definition of Dalit literature: “Dalit literature is one which acquaints people with the caste system and untouchability in India, its appalling nature and its system of exploitation. In other words, Dalit is not a caste but a realization and is related to the experiences, joys and sorrows, and struggles of those in the lowest stratum of society. It matures with a sociological point of view and is related to the principles of negativity, rebellion and loyalty to science, thus finally ending as revolutionary.” 1 The literal meaning of the word dalit - is one who has been trampled under feet or who has been oppressed, exploited, insulted, humiliated and thrown outside the pale of civic society, i.e., turned into an

                     Teaching of Dalit Literature in higher Education                                                  There is no denying the fact that the education system in India has been quite Brahmanical. From the ancient time to the present day, the system has continuously tried to marginalize mar·gin·al·ize    tr.v. mar·gin·al·ized , mar·gin·al·iz·ing , mar·gin·al·iz·es To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing. ..... Click the link for more information.  a large section of people calling them untouchables. There is also systematic propaganda to distort various facts about them saying that these people have no history, no literature and no civilization. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the existing curricula taught in various Indian universities and to recommend Dalit literature as a part of the component in Higher education. Before we discuss about Teaching of Dalit Literature in Higher Education, it is imperati