Representationof Dalit Women’sStruggles in Bama’s Karukku

Karukku is an important book because it shows
the struggles of Dalit women in a patriarchal
and caste-based society. The protagonist
constantly suffers from patriarchal or conven
constantly suffers from patriarchal or conventional
oppression. Women are routinely relegated to the
status of subalterns as a result of sufferings of this kind.
Dalit women face a number of obstacles stemming
from conventional caste contexts that follow them
around wherever they go.