The Step-Child: Portraye Discrimination In Step Child

In Step child the caste discrimination is depicted clearly. The novel is about the community of weavers, the Vankars, is subject to oppression from the more powerful upper caste of the Patels. When Teeho and Valji went for auction in Shilapaar they come across the incident where an upper caste man threw a stone on the pot of charming young women she was drenched and abashed and around her feet the broken pot was shattered. This humiliated Teeho and he went forward to question the men who casted the stone and he belonged to the Patels. But the men and his companions said to him that “you mind your own business, outsider!’ The fellow raised his voice to snub Teeho” (16). But Teeho attacked the upper caste men and his companions. The trouble makers companion got angry and came forward to attack Teeho “A low-caste man publicly humiliating an upper-caste , a patel no less! How could anyone allow this?
Remember the three monkeys of Gandhi.”(16). Prabhakar Kavale came into the room with blood rage. And caught hold of Manikchand legs and asked him not to reveal that he saw him at the murder spot. And Manikchand told that he won’t do it and Prabhakar Kavale drank the wine in the glass and ate the mutton and he said to them that for seventy generations of Tatya Kamble family lived off the scraps which they discharged. But he did not respect our charity. The words of Prabhakar Kavale struck Miland and said to him that he will reveal about him to the police and get him handcuffed. For which they both fought with each other. Miland felt that “Muslims don’t kill dalits, nor do Christians. Buddhist doesn’t commit atrocities on dalit, nor do Sikhs. Then why do Hindus torment dalits? Don’t they accept the dalits are Hindu too? (27). Rohit Kamble the son of Tatya Kamble lit the pyre. Tatya Kamble body turned to ashes in a moment. There was a total