[21] DALIT CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUBALTERN REPRESENTATION IN THE SELECTED NOVELS OF AMITAV GHOSH

How to Cite the Article: Ranadhir Bahadur Singh (2026). Dalit Consciousness and Subaltern Representation in the Selected Novels of Amitav Ghosh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Reviews, 5(5),264-268. https://doi.org/10.56815/ijmrr.v5i5.2026.264-268

Authors

  • Dr. Ranadhir Bahadur Singh Lecturer (English) Govt. Higher Secondary School Kewra Block – Pratappur, District – Surajpur (C.G.)

Abstract

Dalit and Subaltern literature in India is an emerging literature which act as a formal mode of expression to resist against caste oppression, social exclusion, and historical silencing. Although, Amitav Ghosh is not conventionally considered as a dalit and subaltern writer but his selected novels are often shown engagement with marginalized communities, displaced laborers, tribal groups, lower-caste characters, and subaltern histories. The paper examines dalit consciousness and subaltern representation in Ghosh’s selected novels,
particularly in Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire, The Hungry Tide, and The Glass Palace. The study explores how Ghosh rewrites and reconstructs history from below by foregrounding oppressed voices that colonial and upper-caste historiography neglected. Through themes of migration, labor exploitation, untouchability, resistance, and identity, Ghosh’s selected novels intersect and introspect with subaltern and dalit literary concerns while expanding the discourse into global and postcolonial contents

 

 

Keywords:

Dalit Consciousness, Subaltern Representation, Marginalized, Amitav Ghosh, Postcolonial, Oppression, Identity, Labor, Migration.

Author Biography

Dr. Ranadhir Bahadur Singh, Lecturer (English) Govt. Higher Secondary School Kewra Block – Pratappur, District – Surajpur (C.G.)

E-mail: ranadhir.rbsingh.singh@gmail.com

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