Social segregation of Dalits needs to be comprehended from the perspectives of the arbitrary practices of exclusion, which is essentially a part of the socially rooted narratives of exclusion, and the unsolicited development discourse, which always compromises with Dalit?s contributions and shares in development processes and upshots. The whole idea of development and its purpose remain unsettled unless the marginalised and the Dalit are empowered and brought to the centre, and hence we move toward a sustainably developed nation-state. The contribution of Dalit Writings, over the years, in terms of giving voice to the voiceless is immense. The paper tries to explore the pitiable conditions of Dalits at the hands of the privileged few, and underscores the ways in which the Dalit writings question the flawed social mindsets, which politically exclude the Dalits and make them the other.
Coordinator, Department of English, St. Xavier?s College, Patna
