• Anjali Jagadeesh

Sharankumar Limbale’s The Outcaste, exposes the atrocities faced by the Dalits, and the anger that boils within them as a reaction to these prejudices. He projects before the readers an objective and disinterested account of his life from birth to adulthood, carefully creating the image of his community in conflict with the contemporary social and cultural conditions. This personal account uncovers the untouchable’s quest for dignity and the recognition of their human worth. The entire work seems to revolve around the pivot- 'hunger'. A careful reading of the text brings out the different dimensions of the image 'hunger' that depict the plight of Dalits. In the present study, the image 'hunger' is analyzed in two ways- firstly, as the identity crisis of Dalits and their hunger for asserting their identity and secondly, as the hunger that dominates the lives of Dalit women. Limbale’s Auto Narrative anticipates that, all people should be respected and treated as human beings irrespective of their caste.

The Image of Hunger as Construction of Dalit Identity in Sharankumar Limbale’s The Outcaste: Akkarmashi

"The Image of Hunger as Construction of Dalit Identity in Sharankumar Limbale’s The Outcaste: Akkarmashi", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.995-1001, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z032.pdf

"The Image of Hunger as Construction of Dalit Identity in Sharankumar Limbale’s The Outcaste: Akkarmashi", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp995-1001, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z032.pdf