The Plight of Untouchability and Violence of Crime in The Scar and The Branded

Indian literature is not only full of beauty and grace, imagination and reality, but also deals with dark recesses of society. Dalit Literature reading, especially autobiographies, emerged in the last three decades in the 20th century. Dalits, suppressed by society, depict their sufferings through their writings in their own language. Many such works were translated into English, through which pitiful and sympathetic conditions of this section came in front of the world. K.A. Gunasekaran and Luxman Gaikwad belong to different parts of nation but have faced same suppressed life. They share their experiences of untouchability and violence. They also throw light on discrimination, exploitation, injustice, harassment, atrocities and marginalization in their texts. Through their life narratives, they not only make us aware about their oppressed situation but also encourage other Dalit people to raise their voice against such evils as untouchability and violence.