Subaltern Perspective of Beary Community of Daksina Kannada

Abstract: Beary community of Dakshina Kannada is unique south Indian distinct community with a separate language and unique culture is generally considered as a business community with entrepreneurial skills .However, the self-employment activities this community undertake does not fall under the category of entrepreneurship under the strict sense of the term. Bearys are forced to do self-employment of labour intensive nature to assist movement of farm produce from the hands of farmer to the market and fetch them back products from the city. Along with basic livelihood means Bearys used to work as farm labourers too. Due to historical and political reasons community has been marginilised . Lack of formal education led to the subaltern position of the community . The present study is an attempt to explore and explain the factors responsible for subaltern state of the community