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From Silence to Self-Assertion: Dalit Women’s Leadership and Consciousness in Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life

Author(s) Ms. Kanchan
Country India
Abstract The emergence of Dalit consciousness in India marked a decisive shift in challenging the entrenched hierarchies of caste and gender that had historically structured social life. While early Dalit movements foregrounded collective resistance against caste oppression, the specific experiences and leadership of Dalit women remained largely marginalised within both political discourse and literary representation. Dalit women encounter a layered reality of discrimination shaped by caste, patriarchy, and economic deprivation, which demands an analytical framework attentive to intersectionality. This paper examines the role of Dalit women in articulating and expanding Dalit consciousness through a close reading of Urmila Pawar’s autobiographical narrative The Weave of My Life (2008). Pawar’s text not only documents personal struggles for education, dignity, and self-respect but also records women’s participation in grassroots activism, community reform, and cultural resistance. By foregrounding women’s voices, the narrative challenges male-centric Dalit historiography and redefines leadership as a process rooted in everyday acts of resistance. This study argues that Dalit women’s life-writing functions as a critical intervention that reshapes the ideological contours of the Dalit movement, transforming it into a more inclusive and socially transformative force. Through Pawar’s work, Dalit women emerge as agents of political awareness, cultural negotiation, and ethical reimagining of social justice.
Keywords Dalit women’s leadership, Intersectionality, Autobiographical resistance, Social justice, Dalit life-writing
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Published In Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-29
DOI https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2025.v06i06.2771
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbhk33
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