Introduction

Though British were also the enemies to untouchables, they were not directly involved in oppressing the untouchables.  As such, Ambedkar feels that the broken men or untouchable classes have to wage struggle against the Hindu Varna System, but not against Government.  The higher cast occupied front row in struggle for political right because they had enjoyed privilege in social order until the transmission of power from higher caste to British. Ambedkar and Pule strove a lot for casteless Indian society.  Even in Indian post-independent scenario, the atrocities on Dalits remain almost the same.  The constitutional commitment of the postcolonial India is to establish equality and social justice, but the age old social structure of India is unable to succeed in establishing the social justice. Social and economic inequality still pervades at the core of Indian reality.   The National Crime Records Bureau of India reports: “Every hour — two Dalits are assaulted; every day — three Dalit women are raped, two Dalits are murdered and two Dalit houses are burnt.” The ironical situation in India is that untouchability was banned by Indian constitution long back, but majority of Dalits face caste discrimination in rural India.  They do not have access to communal water sources, and temples even today.  If the situation of Dalits is worse in post-independence, I thought of how the situation of Dalits in pre-independent India was, and how the sacrifice of Dalits in freedom struggle was exploited.   

Note: Keeping the above general notion in view, I’ve created fictional plot, area, and characters.    The characters in the play don’t aim at either any individual or any nation or any mythology.