Dalit fervour in the selected autobiographies

Abstract

Chokhamela in 14th century being recognised as the first Dalit poet of Maharashtra, the Dalit fervour continues even since six centuries as a result of expressions of the experiences of the communities being exploited and humiliated for centuries in the Indian caste-ridden Hindu society. With Chokhamela, the Dalit literature recognised and in to vogue in the contemporary age as a special branch of literature it is largely in written and published in regional Indian languages¸ it has the legacy of Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The impetus of the literature in Maharashtra and Ambedkarite thought is still the lifeblood of Dalit literature