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@article{190709,
        author = {Priya Subhash Kadam and Prof. Dr Anil Adagale},
        title = {Fictional Representations of Dalit Womanhood and Resistance in Post-2000 Indian Novels.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {3411-3414},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190709},
        abstract = {In recent decades, Indian fiction has shown a growing interest in representing the lives of Dalit women with greater depth and sensitivity. Earlier literary narratives often portrayed Dalit women only as victims of caste and gender violence, leaving little space for their emotional worlds or personal agency. This research paper studies selected post-2000 Indian novels   The Grip of Change by P. Sivakami, Pyre by Perumal Murugan, I Have Become the Tide by Githa Hariharan, and Let the Rumours Be True by Pradnya Daya Pawar   to examine how fictional narratives depict Dalit womanhood and resistance. Using Dalit feminist and intersectional perspectives, the paper explores how caste, patriarchy, community pressure, memory, and emotional labour shape the everyday experiences of Dalit women. The study argues that these novels redefine resistance not as dramatic rebellion but as a continuous process expressed through silence, endurance, love, memory, and self-awareness. Fiction, therefore, becomes an important space for making visible the inner lives and quiet struggles of Dalit women in contemporary India.},
        keywords = {Dalit women, Indian fiction, resistance, caste, gender, intersectionality},
        month = {January},
        }