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- Title
Oppression of the Oppressed: A Study of Vijay Tendulkar's Kanyadaan.
- Authors
Gayatri, M.; Subbiah, S.
- Abstract
India named for Unity in diversity has not only diversified culture, but also disparate caste and class united together as the different beads in a string. The word 'caste' originates from the Portuguese -- casta meaning 'race' or 'descent'. In India the hierarchal order of the castes differs and changes from place to place and from one region to another. The social group to which an individual belongs by birth decides his caste and the order in which the castes are arranged decides the oppressed and the oppressor. Vijay Tendulkar, the social critic of traditional India, penned his Kanyadaan with special focus on socialism dedicated to the cause of the upliftment of the untouchables or Dalits. Though belonging to the upper class Marathi family, Tendulkar revolts through his writing for the social justice and political equality of the lower classes. Although his Kanyadaan centralises the mismatch marriage of Arun Athavale (a Shudra by birth) and Jyoti (a Brahman by birth) and several other issues, Tendulkar appears to be highly focused on the inner Psyche of the 'marginalised'.
- Subjects
KANYADAAN (Book); TENDULKAR, Vijay; SOCIAL marginality; SOCIAL justice; UNDERCLASS
- Publication
Language in India, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 9, p257
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Literary Criticism