A CRITIQUE OF CASTE CONSPIRACY AND INSTITUTIONAL BETRAYAL IN KARUKKU

Indian villages are the hotbeds of local ego, the violent caves of ignorance, the burst mindset, and the hotbeds of casteism and racism. The caste system in rural areas is a kind of obstacle to national economic development. Certain castes have to endure economic slavery and some groups that have been stuck in the caste system for generations as a result cannot make their own economic progress. Therefore, it is clear that without breaking the chain of the caste system not only certain groups but also the country will not be able to progress holistically.
However, in rural, maximum agricultural land has been concentrated among the upper castes only. As a result, the lower castes in the rural have been doing traditional works, that’s why agricultural work is the main economic resource of landless laborers and hence they live captive life. The seasonable agricultural works and the fewer wage and less income make an insecure and unstable life of rural Dalits. Hence, they were being exploited under the pressure of the dominant class. This unfair behavior of the upper caste towards Dalits will not solve the problems unless breaking the framework of the traditional rural economy. (Dr. Ambedkar 355).
Their financial instability and uncertain lifeconvert themloss of confidence, negative and unconscious to take any decision.As a result, on any small issue they become upset and irritate to face the problems.On this ground, Bama’sKarukku (1992) is a key text that exposes these shameful and ugly secrets of the mainstream Indian society thatemphasizing the flawed, unjust opinions of those who work hard in the name of caste hierarchy in the agriculture and at the upper caste houses.