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Abstract: The major focus of this piece of writing is to bring

to the light the voice of an empowered writer Omprakash

Valmiki.. “Joothan: A Dalit’s Life” is respectively chosen for the

research as it brings out the malicious veracity of Dalit’s life in

an authentic way. He took Dalit literature in his hand as a gizmo

to carry out his anguish as a communal trauma of his

community. Today his voice has been well recognized, and it

stands as a robust right for his society He describes “his”

experience as a Dalit, and the twinge that he underwent

throughout his lifetime. Being human one must have autonomy,

deference and sanctuary; but for Valmiki, it stood as a threat in

the midst of the dominant elements of society. His autobiography

emphasizes the significance of literature by endowing the

platform in spreading the KNOWLEDGE about Dalit lives and their

individual experience in this civil society. In GENERAL, a Dalit tries

not to divulge his identity as Dalit in the midst of “others”, but

expresses his anger in clandestine space. This is due to an

“intimidate syndrome” a natural outcome that a Dalit is always

surrounded by. Dalit Studies are a rare glimpse that very few talk

about it and dare enough to write. Omprakash Valmiki takes the

smugness to bring out the marginalized issues into the world

where the mainstream writers seldom mentioned the kind of

turmoil in their works dealing with caste. Undeniably his writing

is not a stuff of potboiler but proves to be a better medium to

create consciousness in the society.

Keywords: Marginalized, Dalit, Intimidate Syndrome,

Indian Literature in English Translation.

I. INTRODUCTION

One of the favourite genres adopted by Dalit writers are

Autobiography. It was claimed as a literary genre by the

Dalit writers because their experience claims authenticity.

The mainstream writers suspect the literary work of Dalit

autobiographies, to them it is formless, archetypal and

outburst of Dalit experience which is recurring and

conventional. As an answer to this, Valmiki has quoted in

“Das‟s defense of the genre, that Dalit writers should write

autobiographies so that not only our HISTORY will stay alive,

but also our true portrayals of wrongdoers” (Valmiki:

xxviii).It acts as a motivation to the next generations.

After a long struggle Dalits are writing about their lives

themselves for the first time. Earlier their life style was

portrayed by others, by non- Dalits, dramatists, novelists and

historians.

Revised Manuscript Received on December 05, 2019.

Ms. P. Revathi, Assistant PROFESSOR of English at Vel Tech Dr.

Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology,

Chennai

Dr. BINDU, Associate Professor, Department of

English, School of Basic Sciences, Vel Tech Rangarajan

Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Their writing is not about an individual‟s life but it is all

about the narrative of a particular community, caste and

therefore it is a large collection. As it is in the fiction it does

not surround only by a “problematic hero”, instead it covers

“problematic collective situation For centuries they have

been fighting against the uncouth and moot injustice that has

been for decades and decades, Dalit writers have taken step

to give voice to their aspiration in order to achieve equality.

Dalit autobiography is written in a way of remembering

the past of the writer. In other words it helps the Dalit

readers to stimulate enthusiasm for change. Dalit writers

consider that their autobiography carries out the most

important character that is the authenticity of experience.

Valmiki‟s autobiography laid the groundwork for Dalit

literature in Hindi. Joothan has become a pioneer

autobiography in Hindi which has an outlook of personal -

condemn among the Dalits

“Joothan: A Dalit‟s Life” is said to be a voice of many

and multi-value text. The text contributes to Dalit history

and its narration acts as a healing texture to the oppressors.

The very opening line of it criticizes the place and the

people of Valmiki‟s caste. The Indian democratic system

has opened a way to educate Dalit to articulate their

experiences. On the contrary, he portrays the brutal realities

very strongly and emphasizes that