Joothan by Omprakash Valmiki5/8/2023 ![]() Though, many literary attempts have been made by this marginalized community in their vernacular languages since 1970's, the emergence of their English translation is hardly two decades old, starting from 1992, with the publication of Mulk Raj Anand and Eleanor Zelliot's An Anthology of Dalit Literature. Ambedkar, the education promoted by the British Rule and the reservation policy of the government are some of the causative factors which resulted in the evolution of a new literary movement called Dalit Literature. In India, the widespread awakening caused by the iconoclast, Dr. ![]() The basic premise of this paper is to highlight the seminal role played by the English language in trans-nationalizing the tribulations and mortifications of the marginalized community, which had been hitherto unnoticed and uncared for, in our country. The English Language has been proven as a language which gave expression to many colonized and oppressed communities worldwide, like the natives of North America, Australia, New Zealand, etc. ![]()
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