How the caste issue was included in novels in India? -SST 10th

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(i) Indulekha: It is a hotly debated novel and the concerns it addresses are of marriage practices of upper class Hindus in Kerala. (ii) Potheri Kunjambu a ‘lower caste’ writer from North Kerala wrote ‘Saraswativijayam’ and attacked caste oppression. (iii) Titash Ekti Nadir Naam: It was based on the fisher folk community.  (iv) Basheer was a Muslim writer with little formal education.  (v) Premchand’s ‘Ranghoomi’: The hero of this novel is a low caste whose land has forcibly been taken away.  (vi) ‘Godan’: It is a story about Indian peasantry and how they are exploited.

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