DALIT PROTAGONISTS: DECONSTRUCTING MULK RAJ ANAND’S 'UNTOUCHABLE' AND PERUMAL MURUGAN’S 'SEASONS OF THE PALM' (Pages 99-108) by Mr. K. Velarasan in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Dalit community has a long history of suffering in India .They even face discrimination now and untouchability is practiced at present age too. Dalit literature gave dalits writer a freedom to express themselves in writing. Though today dalit writers express their disappointment through their writing, non dalit writers in the past and as well as in the present also continue writing up about dalits struggle in society. Mulk Raj Anand and Perumal Murugan novels dealt with dalit struggles though they are writers These dalit identities may differ from each other but they are the ones who experience through the same kind of struggle though in the respective times they belonged to.alit community has a long history of suffering in India .They even face discrimination now and untouchability is practiced at present age too. Dalit literature gave dalits writer a freedom to express themselves in writing. Though today dalit writers express their disappointment through their writing, non dalit writers in the past and as well as in the present also continue writing up about dalits struggle in society. Mulk Raj Anand and Perumal Murugan novels dealt with dalit struggles though they are writers These dalit identities may differ from each other but they are the ones who experience through the same kind of struggle though in the respective times they belonged to.Key-words Dalit identity, sufferings, untouchability , protagonist, dalits etc.