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    Question Bank on Dalit Writings

    On Joothan:

    1. Comment on the significance of the title of Valmiki’s autobiography Joothan.

    2. Critically comment on the manner in which personal pain is rendered into a powerful

    social critique in Valmiki’s autobiography Joothan.

    3. How is the Dalit subject reconstituted in a Dalit autobiography? Elucidate with

    reference to Joothan.

    4. Critically examine the space of the school and the figure of the teacher as key

    elements of the oppressive caste structure of the environment Valmiki grew up in.

    5. Trace Valmiki’s journey from passive victimhood to assertive political consciousness

    as narrativized in Joothan.

    Short notes:

    1. The pig as cultural symbol.

    2. Names/Surnames

    3. The village and the city

    Questions on the Novel The Grip Of Change

    1. Write a character sketch of Kathamuthu in P Sivakami's novel The Grip of Change.

    2. Caste oppression often overlaps and enables sexual and gendered violence. Refer to

    The Grip of Change and discuss this nexus between caste and gender.

    4. Do you think The Grip of Change portrays change in a positive or negative light?

    Justify your answer with examples from the novel.


    5. How does the author create a sense of realism in the depiction of rural life?

    6. What is the significance of the title The Grip of Change? How does it reflect the

    novel’s central themes?

    7. How does P. Shivkami’s narrative style contribute to the novel's impact? Discuss the

    use of symbolism, imagery, and language.

    8. How does the novel address the tension between tradition and modernity?

    9. What role does education play in the lives of the characters and the society depicted in

    The Grip of Change?

    On the poems:

    1. Critically comment on the balance that Jayant Parmar strikes in his poems

    between traditional forms and contemporary concerns.

    2. Critically examine the use of images and poetic tropes in ‘The Last Will of the

    Dalit Poet’ that Parmar uses to juxtapose the materiality of existence and world of

    Art in the life of a Dalit.

    3. Comment on the significance of the title of Limbale’s poem ‘Whitepaper.’

    4. Comment on the tone, imagery and assertions in the poem ‘Whitepaper.’

    5. Dalit poetry is an articulation of both the oppression that marks Dalit lives and the

    need to resist it. Illustrate with examples from the poems in your course.

    On the stories:

    1. Critically comment on the significance of the titles of Navaria’s story “New Custom”

    and Sanjaya Kumar Bag’s “Black Ink.”

    2. Critically examine the endings of the two stories “New Custom” and “Black Ink,”

    with special reference to the figure of Gandhi in them.

    3. Critically comment on the radical imperative of the Dalit short story.

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