• PUJA BISWAS
• SHISHIR ROY

The Dalit have been called by different names at different times and in different parts of the country. .Most of these names were attributed to them by the caste Hindu as expressions of contempt. They include: Dasa, Dasyees , Raksasa, Asura , Avarna , Nisada,Panchama,Chandala, Harijan, Untouchable. These names carry within them the two- term contrast of “we – the pure” and “you – the impure”. In response to these insulting labels, the untouchables have chosen to give themselves a name and this is Dalit, which refers to the hardship of their condition of life. By the British, the Dalits were name “the depressed class” and “the scheduled caste”, in the Scheduled Caste Act of India, 1935. Gandhi named “harijan” the son of god: but this term was not welcomed by the Dalits because it insulted their social position. The word ‘harijan’ was used as a slung to address them by Gandhi. The inner meaning of this word is that a baby born by an illegal sexual relationship of Brahmin with devadasi in the temple and later Brahmin refuse to accept legal paternal relationship with that baby that means in a single word the child who is fatherless is called harijan. We condemn to use this type of word to address the identity of Dalit.

Dalit, Devadasi, Harijan, Untouchable.

"DALITS IN NEW INDIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: A CRITICAL EXPLORATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.945-950, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807869.pdf

"DALITS IN NEW INDIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: A CRITICAL EXPLORATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp945-950, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807869.pdf