Analysing the Realities of the Dalit Women Populace

Abstract

The term Dalit signifies 'abused', 'broken' or 'squashed' to the level of losing inimitability of character. Nonetheless, this name has been received by individuals in any case alluded to as Harijans, or 'Untouchables', and has come to represent for them a crusade for transformation and for the destruction of the prejudices spanning eras of time. During the late 1880s, it was used by Mahatma JotibaPhule for furthering the cause of outcasts and Untouchables.The origins of Dalit subjugation can be traced back to the inception of the caste system in Hindu religion. The caste ideology is contained in the Manusmriti, a consecrated Hindu book. The entrance and participation of pariah networks in the religious and public activity of the local area was considered to be taboo. They were regularly allocated undertakings that were customarily menial to justify the considerations inside the conventional varna framework, for example, animal slaughter, working in leather tanneries, sanitation work, et al.