Resistance of the Caste-Based Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi’s The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh

Abstract

This research is an attempt to portraytheresistance of the caste-based subaltern against the so-called upper-caste hegemony; the collective agency of the caste-based subalternschallenge thecaste hierarchy and exist as rebellious subject that is what we find in Lachhima in Mahasweta Devi’s The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh. Devi has told a life-like story of Lachhima, Rukmani, Haroa, Mohor and others in order to show how the ideologies of casteism treat Dalits, how the bonding of Dalits and their individual and collective effort of resistance plays an important role in questioning the traditions, cultures and customs which promote caste-based discrimination. As a theoretical perspective, insights related to caste-based subalterns have been applied from B. R. Ambedkar’sAnnihilation of Caste. Overall, this paper attempts to extend the horizon ofsolidarity, equality and freedom for justice to all.