Apoplectic Verses of Meena Kandasamy’s Touch
Dr B. Winmayil, Assistant Professor of English, V. V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Ms S. Vetriselvi, PhD Scholar, V. V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract:
The movement of Dalit feminism acts as an anecdote on the status of early Third World Women and their struggle against the regional religious identity enforced by Brahmanical patriarchy and caste blind perspective of upper class privileged women. Meena Kandasamy’s Touch reflects anger as a form of revolution bemoaning the tragedy of Dalit women’s silence which cost their freedom and basic rights. It examines the neglected social development of a Dalit woman with an identity of an Intersectional individual. This paper analyses the discourse of Dalit studies with an insight of feminist thought through the objective lens called the theory of Intersectionality. Through application of theory of Intersectionality this paper probes on the dynamically specific experience of Meena Kandasamy a Dalit woman and to examine the accusations of Dalit against elite appropriation, and to eradicate the fear of additive inclusion.
Key words: Dalit feminism, Intersectionality, Brahmanical Patriarchy, Elite Appropriation