Abstract
While depicting Dalit women, Bagul considers not only untouchability but also the customs, traditions, beliefs, and superstitions inherent in rural life. Women are not exempt from these influences. By nature, women tend to be more faithful and superstitious. However, his stories repeatedly demonstrate how these very tendencies cause their suffering and ultimate ruin. Consequently, their misery becomes boundless. The root of Dalit suffering lies in human nature and an unjust social system built on inequality. While examining various dimensions of Dalit life, Baburao Bagul’s stories analyze these profound sorrows—including the injustices inflicted by upper castes, the poverty resulting from untouchability, and the hardships caused by human nature and behavior. Dalits faced many struggles and difficulties in their marginalized condition. In this paper, the researcher has tried to find out the grim reality of the Dalit mother in ‘Aai’ (Mother), a Marathi short story by Baburao Bagul, a pioneer of Marathi Dalit literature. Particularly, the writer of this article wishes to focus on the character of the Dalit women who are ill-treated by the society at large and their family.
Keywords: Dalit, emancipation, empathetic, grim, mother, reality, woman
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