Exploration of Power Dynamics in Meena Kandasamy’s Poetry

Abstract

Meena Kandasamy is one of the prominent and most celebrated authors of the contemporary world. Through her writing, Meena explores the narrative techniques of resistance to reclaim the voice of marginalized people against the hegemonic practices constructed in society by upper-class people. Thus, this paper explores the voice of the marginalized as a powerful tool for shaping the self to define the power dynamics portrayed in the form of Dalit politics through Kandasamy’s notable poetical works. At the same time, the paper also explores the plight of women who experience, struggles through the lens of caste practices in the contemporary world. Henceforth, the paper withstands how Dalit Poetry explores the construction of self by resisting the practices alive through her remarkable political poetry titled ‘Tomorrow, Someone Will Arrest You’. This idealistic poetry of Kandasamy portrays the radical thinking of women to overcome double oppression, which is remarked on by both caste and gender discrimination explored through contemporary practices in the social setup.