EDUCATION LIBERATES THE DOWNTRODDEN FROM THE SHACKLES OF CASTE DISCRIMINATION: A STUDY ON NARENDRA JADHAV’S ‘OUTCASTE: A MEMOIR’

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Asiatic-IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.54513/joell.2023.10107

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Narendra Jadhav’s Outcaste: A Memoir is successful in constructing the dalit identity in the cosmopolitan terms and elaborating dalit politics into global perspective. He does not consider dalits to be located to one place, or even to one state or country but a community as citizen of the world. It is the story of Damu Runjaji Jadhav, the uneducated, engine-mechanic in Mumbai Railways and his family. As a dalit text, the memoir is beyond all shade of doubt, the representation of the assertive and vibrant dalit characters, the writing of dalit history and the formation of dalit identity in the global context. Damu is inspired by the philosophy espoused by Babasaheb Ambedkar and he also participated in Ambedkarite Movement. The slogan of ‘Educate, Organise and Agitate’ given by Babasaheb Ambedkar to his millions of untouchable brothers reverberates in the story. The influence of Dr. Ambedkar’s ideas made an activist out of Damu. He came to realize that it was not sufficient to remain content with being able to live one’s life and provide for the family. The aim of this paper is to emphasize that education helps the downtrodden to refine quality of life and liberate themselves from the exploitation of caste. The book ends with the realization that further change is required. The world has to stop treating dalits as different. It is up to the present generation to carry the torch lit by the tears and blood of their ancestors.

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教育将被压迫者从种姓歧视的枷锁中解放出来:纳伦德拉·贾达夫的《种姓外:回忆录》研究

纳伦德拉·贾达夫(Narendra Jadhav)的《贱民:回忆录》成功地从世界主义的角度构建了达利特身份，并将达利特政治阐述为全球视角。他认为达利特人不属于一个地方，甚至不属于一个州或国家，而是一个作为世界公民的社区。这是Damu Runjaji Jadhav和他的家人的故事，他是孟买铁路公司未受过教育的发动机机械师。作为达利特文本，这本回忆录是毫无疑问的，它代表了自信而充满活力的达利特人物，书写了达利特的历史，并在全球背景下形成了达利特身份。Damu受到Babasaheb Ambedkar所信奉的哲学的启发，他也参加了Ambedkarite运动。Babasaheb Ambedkar给他数百万贱民兄弟的口号“教育，组织和鼓动”在故事中回响。安贝德卡博士的思想影响了达姆，使他成为一名积极分子。他开始意识到，仅仅满足于能够过自己的生活和养家糊口是不够的。本文的目的是强调教育有助于被压迫者改善生活质量，使他们从种姓的剥削中解放出来。这本书以认识到需要进一步的改变而结束。世界必须停止把达利特当作异类对待。要由我们这一代来接过先辈的血泪所点燃的火炬。

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期刊介绍： Asiatic is the very first international journal on English writings by Asian writers and writers of Asian origin, currently being the only one of its kind. It aims to publish high-quality researches and outstanding creative works combining the broad fields of literature and linguistics on the same intellectual platform. Asiatic will contain a rich collection of selected articles on issues that deal with Asian Englishes, Asian cultures and Asian literatures in English, including diasporic literature and Asian literatures in translation. Articles may include studies that address the multidimensional impacts of the English Language on a wide variety of Asian cultures (South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian and others). Subjects of debates and discussions will encompass the socio-economic facet of the Asian world in relation to current academic investigations on literature, culture and linguistics. This approach will present the works of English-trained Asian writers and scholars, having English as the unifying device and Asia as a fundamental backdrop of their study. The three different segments that will be featured in each issue of Asiatic are: (i) critical writings on literary, cultural and linguistics studies, (ii) creative writings that include works of prose fiction and selections of poetry and (iv) review articles on Asian books, novels and plays produced in English (or translated into English). These works will reflect how elements of western and Asian are both subtly and intensely intertwined as a result of acculturation, globalisation and such.