Dalit Short Story and the Search for Identity

Dr. Vipulkumar N. Solanki

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Dalit Short Story and the Search for Identity

Dr. Vipulkumar N. Solanki

Abstract :

Dalit short story is the favourite literary form of Dalit writers. Dalit short story appeared as a corollary of the ‘jehad’ against the social varna system and massacres. Dalit short stories have attempted to establish social values and ing to light certain hidden aspects. Dalit short stories are expressive of the anger and revolt against injustice in an admirably subtle manner. Writers of Dalit short stories may be divided into two groups – one consisting of born Dalits and the other comprising writers who are non–Dalits. Many short stories by the non–Dalit writers have failed for want of balance between the content and the reality, and some have proved ineffective for mere documentation of facts, while writers who are born Dalits have themselves undergone the pains and agonies of Dalits either directly or indirectly, and hence they have an edge over the others.