• Dr.Kavya.B

Sharan Kumar Limbali is a writer, poet and literary critic with forty books in his credit. He is famous for his autobiography Akkarmashi (The Outcaste) and the critical work Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit literature (2004). The present paper titled The Female Castaway in Sharankumar Limbali’s The Outcaste studies his autobiography under the light of women survivors in the sea of patriarchy and casteism. The Caste system endowed by Manusmrithi declared Dalits as ‘the other’ in the society. Sukhadev Thorat opines that “The Hindu social order, particularly its main pillars, viz., the caste system and untouchability, presents a unique case. As a system of social, economic and religious governance, it is founded not on the principle of the liberty (freedom), equality and fraternity, the values which formed the basis of universal human rights, but on the principle of inequality in every sphere of life”.With the emergence of Dalit movement dalits revolted against their oppression and found a way of assertion through Dalit Literature. It is noteworthy that The Dalit movement considered women of even the highest caste as Dalits, because of their oppression. Dalit autobiographies are sketches of reality and life oriented. They all mirror the inhuman practices of caste system but Sharan Kumar Limbale’s The Outcaste adds something more to that, it is a Bible on Dalit feminist discourse. It exhibits Sharan’s long struggle of existence with his broken image to lead a respectful life and how he flourishes. Tromila Wheat rightly says “What is it like to grow up as an impoverished outcaste in modern India? Perhaps the best way to find out is through the words and emotions of those who have lived through the experience and who have the education and talent to write so expressively about it”.

Dalit feminism, Dalit autobiography, Violence against women

"THE FEMALE CASTAWAY IN SHARANKUMAR LIMBALE’S THE OUTCASTE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.529-535, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906365.pdf

"THE FEMALE CASTAWAY IN SHARANKUMAR LIMBALE’S THE OUTCASTE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp529-535, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906365.pdf