Reservation and Dalit Literature

Abstract

Since time immemorial, a human being, hailing from the most intelligent species of universe
developed a tendency to enjoy certain privilege and prominence not only over animals to
coerce them into his permanent service but also on average humans whose limited
intelligence or awareness served him an opportunity to take undue advantage of their
ignorance. This ignorance on part or victim and cruelty, callousness on part of the offender
widened the ditch between humans on economic, social, gender, religion and caste lines
where superiors left no stone unturned to maintain their authority denying perks and
privilege to lesser intelligent breeds.
India was a perfectly balanced country in the past with division of labor to signify skills and
talent. She made an arrangement wherein a scholar who devotes himself to education or
service of brahm for welfare of mankind became a Brahmin and was revered from rest of
classes, the reserved position accorded them influence and a human, having evil in the
constitution cashed it on less privileged. How this reservation sowed the seed of dissent will
be unfurled with the progression of paper.
The major focus here is to “bring to light the voice of an empowered and embittered writer in
Prakash valmiki ... he represents Dalit literature as a gizmo to carry out his anguish as a
communal trauma of his community” (Revathi and Bindu 1). In his quest of representation
from repression, Valmiki narrates unpleasant tales related to his community and also inspires
young generations how to improve his lot and wriggle out of caste constraints with western
education and white collar job.