HISTORICIZING PERINAD REVOLT

The word ‘Dalit’ was derived from the Sanskrit word ‘dal’ means broken, ground-down, downtrodden or depressed. They constituting seventeen percentage of the total population this term are mostly used to describe communities that have been subjected to untouchability. Dalit or the group of people traditionally regarded as the untouchables were always remain as marginalized and subjected to exploitation. “Caste Outcaste”, you meet others who face the same challenge and you do, and you get to know that you are not alone”. The Dalit activists are part of something, that may be seen as global ‘counter public’ and along with their sympathisers they acted on a global scale. Their message was spread across the world. The present globalization and privatization provides lots of job opportunities for the upper caste, but for the Dalits it was provides unemployment. Untouchability and unapproachability as a social evil had its origin in time immemorial and it had its proponents and defendants throughout the world. There were several factors contributing to the emergence of this evil system. Intelligence, it must be noted that, is a major factor superior or physical perfection and by its tactical application, Dalit people could easily suppress a numerically superior race. Dalits are not born, but they are made. In the early period people is divided not on the bases of caste but on the bases of occupation.