• RAJA RAO DUNNA

Indian English writing started in the 19th century in India. Indian aesthetics got popularity among all regional literatures, although its traditional source can be found in Sanskrit literature. Indian poetics have emerged broadly into eight schools—Rasa, Alamkara, Riti, Guna/Dosa, Vakrokti, Svabhavokti, Aucitya and Dhvani, corresponding roughly to the western theory of Pleasure, Rhetoric/Figures of speech, theory of Form, Merit/Demerit Oblique poetry, Statement poetry, Propriety and Suggestion. In this context, the paper argues that Dalit aesthetics did not have any close correspondence with other aesthetics. Non-Dalit writers have been writing Dalit literature from 1930’s onwards in India. Jyothi Rao Phule and Ambedkar gave inspiration to Dalit writers in Maharashtra. Dalit literature got popularity among all regional literatures from the mid 20th century onwards in India. Marathi writers write Dalit literature first in Marathi language and soon after, it spread into other regional literatures. Sharan Kumar Limbale is a pioneering writer on Dalit aesthetics in Marathi literature. Dalit aesthetics as manifest in Dalit literature is not researched so far to the extent it deserves. Dalit aesthetics is a new concept, recently emerging through the joint efforts of Dalit writers, critics and intellectuals on Dalit literature. Dalit aesthetics is a new approach to understand and write Dalit writings in India. Dalit aesthetics are usually compared with an Afro-American writers’ ideology of black aesthetics. This research paper is going to analyze comparatively Dalit aesthetics and mainstream Indian aesthetics in English.

Dalit literature, Mainstream, Aesthetics and Indian English literature

"DALIT AESTHETICS VERSUS MAINSTREAM INDIAN AESTHETICS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.410-413, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811959.pdf

"DALIT AESTHETICS VERSUS MAINSTREAM INDIAN AESTHETICS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp410-413, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811959.pdf