Dalit women have been crushed and humiliated twice firstly, as they belong to a patriarchal society (gender biasness) and secondly, their birth to a community in the society which is named as untouchable or the Dalits. The biased social system and patriarch society in common provided them the lowest place in society. It is well known that Dalits were not allowed to have education because of the laws of Manu (religious scripture, written for the legitimization of the dominance of the higher castes over the lower castes), in the case of Dalit women, it becomes more rigid. The Dalit women were untouchable in Hindu society but they were also neglected in their own families for being women. The rampant patriarchy and upper caste domination push them to the lowest position of the society. This paper deals with the pains and sufferings of a Dalit woman as presented by Baby Kamble in her autobiographical text The Prisons We Broke which portrays a pathetic picture of the Dalit women who were trapped in between the gender biasness and rigid caste system in the contemporary society.
(Key words: Dalit Women Autobiographies, Dual Marginalization, Untouchability, Patriarchy)
Formatted Citation:
Ahirwar, Kunj Bihari. “Baby Kamble’s ‘The Prisons We Broke’: Expression of Pains and Sufferings.” New Man International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 15–18
https://www.newmanpublication.com
https://www.edintellect.com/2019/01/baby-kambles-prisons-we-broke.html
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