Om Parkash Valmiki’s Joothan: A Dalit Narrative

Joothan by Om Prakash Valmiki is his autobiography which helps him understand his life and the social order which shaped it. A very powerful text,it arouses a passion for change in the reader; raising the highest degree of Dalit Consciousness. It has been translated into English by Arun Prabha Mukherjee and in Punjabi as Jooth by Dwarka Bharti. This work imbibes the basic tenets of Dalit Literary Theory and has won wide critical acclaim.