Role of Marginalised Women in Bama's Karukku

Bama is a Tamil Dalit writer . She has become a voice of Dalit women through her autobiographical novel. The present research study aimed at marginalised women in Bama’s karukku .This study analyses oppressed and depressed women in her novel karakku. This paper argues that Dalit Women faced inequality and gender discrimination and the condition of Dalit women in our Indian society. The term Dalit was first used by Jyotiba Phule in the perspective of oppression faced by the former untouchable in the 19th century. In the present paper, Bama helps us to understand the lives of the Dalits. In the novel karukku Bama presents herself as a Tamil Dalit Christian. Keywords: Dalit; marginalization; discrimination; oppressed; Christian; autobiography