Caste Narratives in Socio-cultural Perspectives

Understanding Caste in the historical perspective can be broadly analysed as division of people on the basis of their ethnic and economic skill-based divisions. This leads us to develop a deeper understanding of the need for creating caste divisions, that could not sustain their original roots and gradually developed to make these divisions as permanent categorisation based on the birth of an individual into a particular caste. This research will analyse various perspectives that allowed an understanding of various discourses born out of narratives that open this discourse further and create an opportunity to build neo-dalit perspectives towards Dalit identities. Dalit narratives are strong arguments that emphasise the need for bringing these narratives in to mainstream literary canon. Reading Ambedkar to Yagati Chinna Rao to Bama in detail, this paper will build a discussion around Dalit identities from a critical perspective.