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  3. URMILA PAWAR’S VOICE OF DISSENT: AN ATTEMPT TO UPHOLD EGALITARIANISM
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Assistant Professor Ruchi Raj Thakur

URMILA PAWAR’S VOICE OF DISSENT: AN ATTEMPT TO UPHOLD EGALITARIANISM

The subjugated masses are expected to be tongue tied due to numerous social, political, economic and cultural issues. Certainly, in the course of time, the oppressed find themselves in a better position due to announcements and implementation of new policies aiming at their elevation and welfare. A lot has been done and a lot more needs to be done in the future years to coin parity in all the arenas of life. Literature, which started its journey from imagination, mythology, etc., seems to have changed its focus of attention. Since nineteenth century, literature has become purposive and real. It delves deep into the real world and exhumes the frivolities and harsh truths of life. So to say, such truths are furnishing the writers with the idea to write. Consciousness for the oppressed and subjugated too results from the same observations of the writers. This does not mean that writings are only based on observations because they result from one’s experiences too. Dalit writings or voicing the concerns of subalterns, projection of the inhuman experiences of transgender or any minor section population emerges from this consciousness. Literature is earnestly shouldering the task of informing the readers about such dark realities of oppression, humiliation and subjugation by narrating the stories of those who have been denied the right of a respectable living.