• M.Muniyappan
• Dr. C. Anita

This article entitled “Fractured Identity in K. Gunasekaran’s The Scar”. Focuses on fractured identity of society through in the fiction The Scar by K. Gunasekaran. Dalit Autobiography has turned out to be not only a part of the Dalit history but also an important node of Dalit Literature. It is a typical act of the Dalit writers to achieve a sense of identity and mobilize resistance against different forms of oppression. This study seeks to examine the status and sufferings of dalits and their survival in the caste Hindu society in the wrote of K. A. Gunasekaran’s Tamil autobiography ‘Vadu’ it which is available in English Translation as The Scar (2009) by V. Kadambari. By writing his autobiography Gunasekaran thus challenged the tradition formulated and propagated by mainstream writers. Not only it is a record of his experiences, but it is also a documentation of a certain time .It talks about his life up to his graduation. The narrative evokes a mixed culture of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. This autobiography shows the curse of untouchability that creates psychic and physical wounds in the minds of the so called outcastes. The paper examines how life narratives could be used for our understanding of their hurdles of faced challenges by the Dalits and the caste hegemony.

Dalit, Auto Biography, Fractured Identity, untouchability

"Fractured Identity in K. A. Gunasekaran’s The Scar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.a408-a413, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112046.pdf

"Fractured Identity in K. A. Gunasekaran’s The Scar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppa408-a413, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112046.pdf