Ph. D Scholar, Department of English, School of Social Studies and Languages, VIT University, Vellore
Online published on 24 April, 2018.
The proposition of the present paper is to portray the experiences of the Dalits who were tense and remained homeless due to the animosity of the Caste Hindus. The struggle for power is being depicted in this novel Hindu and how a Dalit suffers to become a leader and what are the conspiracies made behind it and how the upper-class people dominate and oppress the lower caste people to get hold of power is narrated in this novel. Finally, the author proves to the society that leaders are not born by birth they are made to become leaders by the people. As Lincoln stated that the rule of democracy is ‘For the people, of the people and by the people. Limbale's Hindu depicts the struggle for power and succeeds in making a Dalit reach the higher position of India. The novel shows the upper caste dominance and how the Dalits as a common people overcome the situation and win over the upper caste people is evident in this novel.
Oppression, Dominance, Liberation, Power and politics