Trajectory of Agony and Caste Consciousness among Dalit Women; A Study of Subaltern Voice from the Periphery in Baby Kamble’s & Urmila Pawar’s Autobiographies Dr. Abhisarika Prajapati Assistant Professor of English Email- abhisarika.p@reva.edu.in & Sumayya Kampli P.G.Scholar School of Arts & Humanities REVA University Bengaluru-64 India. Abstract: The caste-based discrimination began with the establishment of Varna system in four stratification of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras in Indian society. Such caste division was made based on profession and occupation in ancient India. Dalits are considered as outcast due to the oppression faced by them. Though the Indian constitution has enacted the laws for the protection of the rights of Dalits, though Dalits are economically and politically accepted yet they are left away in society, they are not given social platform and are not exposed in society. Dalits come under social hierarchy as the oppressed community who are subjected to the caste-based oppression. In India, the unique caste system, the upper caste and the lower caste divide the classes. The social division is mentioned as perpetual and is seen in number of religious scriptures and such religious scriptures are called as dharma shastras. Autobiography is a preferred genre among majority of Dalit writers because they wish to reveal the truth as they have experienced in their life in Indian society. Dalit does not only denote a specific caste in Indian society and life, but it also denotes all those who have been oppressed by the machinery of social forces in the name of caste, creed or patriarchy. This research aims to explore the plight of Dalit women and the multilayers of the oppression under which their entity and identity are suffocating. In this regard this paper aspires to explore the trajectory of agony among Dalit women in two powerful writers Baby Kamble and Urmila Pawar’s autobiographical narrative which are potential enough to scratch and debunk the ruthless stories of Indian women’s plight in the society and their struggle to liberate themselves from shackles of slavery and claiming the victorious trophy; establishing a position of their own. Key words- Caste,Dalit,women,Kamble,Pawar,Ambedkar. Dalit literature is the literature by Dalits, for Dalits and of Dalits that tells the age long tale of insult of human dignity and human esteem. In the vast country like India, many communities exist together and most of them practice different cultures, customs, and traditions. Among them Dalits are one of the communities who are marginalized in the name of Varna system and have been considered untouchables, unheard and unseeable. Dalits form the most different community with different challenges Dalits are considered to be the most marginalized community a historical reference is made several centuries before and during the Vedic times Dalits existed AEGAEUM JOURNAL Volume 8, Issue 4, 2020 ISSN NO: 0776-3808 http://aegaeum.com/ Page No: 936