•• Hello,Readers welcome to my blog task.
••• This blog is a part of my B.A syllabus. This novel Sangati by Bama which I like most. The reason why I like this because it revolves specially about Dalit literature which I remember. The "Dalits" who are the lower caste and lower people,last category in caste system ,so called "Untouchable"as they called.
•• Sangati is an autobiography of Bama, which highlights the struggles of Paraiya women and it unlocks the physical and mental sufferings experienced by the suppressed, discriminated and marginalized Dalit women. Dalit literature is a revolution against exploitation and humiliation of Dalits.
•• The novel Sangati (Events) deals with several generations of women. The older women belong to narrators narrating the grandmothers’ generation,VelliammaKizhavi’s generation and downward generation. If a woman belongs to Dalit community, she has to suffer in two ways. The first being a woman and second is belonging to the lowest community. Bama’s Sangati is a unique Dalit feminist narrative carrying autobiographical elements of the whole community. It focuses the double oppression of females. The novel has several individual stories, anecdotes and memories that portray the events taking place in the life of women in Paraiyar community in Tamilnadu. Women are presented in Sangati as daily wage earners. They earn less than men do.
•• However, the money earned by men, can spend as they please whereas women have to bear the financial burden of running the family. Women are also regular victim tosexual harassment and abused in the place of work. In this novel Marriamma tells a lot about the sexual assault faced by her and her community women and their inability to stand up against it. The physical violence is
realistically portrayed in this novel like lynching, whipping and canning by fathers,husbands and brothers.
•• Sangati examines “the difference between women and their different ways in which they are subject to apportion and their coping strategies”. Bama focuses the protests against all forms of oppression and sufferings faced by Dalit women in the first half of Sangati. But later part of Sangati moves away from the state of depression and frustration. Instead, it presents apositive identity to Dalit women focusing their inner strength and vigor. The writer attracts our mind towards the education system about Dalit community. She gives the example of Pecchiamma belonging to Chakkili community studied up to fifth class. The girls of that community don’t go
to school that much.
••• As from our childhood we heard the departion of caste , specially about Dalit. Regarding to Dalit there were many restrictions, rituals,beliefs,they don't have their own life and ideas. As they are born for service of rich people. In villages they have to leave out side of village,they can't go on Temple ,even they can't take water from general well of village. They can't face or touch High class people. They don't have right for Education and business. They supposed to do only cleanliness of other home and also Village. This is the condition of our Ancient time, in 21st century we find many important improvement and rights for their. Comparing to that time they have now more facilities rather than other. So, from Sangati I came to know more about Dalit literature.
Thank you.....
••• This blog is a part of my B.A syllabus. This novel Sangati by Bama which I like most. The reason why I like this because it revolves specially about Dalit literature which I remember. The "Dalits" who are the lower caste and lower people,last category in caste system ,so called "Untouchable"as they called.
•• Sangati is an autobiography of Bama, which highlights the struggles of Paraiya women and it unlocks the physical and mental sufferings experienced by the suppressed, discriminated and marginalized Dalit women. Dalit literature is a revolution against exploitation and humiliation of Dalits.
•• The novel Sangati (Events) deals with several generations of women. The older women belong to narrators narrating the grandmothers’ generation,VelliammaKizhavi’s generation and downward generation. If a woman belongs to Dalit community, she has to suffer in two ways. The first being a woman and second is belonging to the lowest community. Bama’s Sangati is a unique Dalit feminist narrative carrying autobiographical elements of the whole community. It focuses the double oppression of females. The novel has several individual stories, anecdotes and memories that portray the events taking place in the life of women in Paraiyar community in Tamilnadu. Women are presented in Sangati as daily wage earners. They earn less than men do.
•• However, the money earned by men, can spend as they please whereas women have to bear the financial burden of running the family. Women are also regular victim tosexual harassment and abused in the place of work. In this novel Marriamma tells a lot about the sexual assault faced by her and her community women and their inability to stand up against it. The physical violence is
realistically portrayed in this novel like lynching, whipping and canning by fathers,husbands and brothers.
•• Sangati examines “the difference between women and their different ways in which they are subject to apportion and their coping strategies”. Bama focuses the protests against all forms of oppression and sufferings faced by Dalit women in the first half of Sangati. But later part of Sangati moves away from the state of depression and frustration. Instead, it presents apositive identity to Dalit women focusing their inner strength and vigor. The writer attracts our mind towards the education system about Dalit community. She gives the example of Pecchiamma belonging to Chakkili community studied up to fifth class. The girls of that community don’t go
to school that much.
••• As from our childhood we heard the departion of caste , specially about Dalit. Regarding to Dalit there were many restrictions, rituals,beliefs,they don't have their own life and ideas. As they are born for service of rich people. In villages they have to leave out side of village,they can't go on Temple ,even they can't take water from general well of village. They can't face or touch High class people. They don't have right for Education and business. They supposed to do only cleanliness of other home and also Village. This is the condition of our Ancient time, in 21st century we find many important improvement and rights for their. Comparing to that time they have now more facilities rather than other. So, from Sangati I came to know more about Dalit literature.
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