Most significantly, though, Valmiki's story is a voice from the half of India that has been voiceless for countless generations. Omprakash gives us an anatomy of oppression. The highest purpose of Dalit writing is not beauty of craft, but authenticity of experience. He describes how these people are subject to an institutionalized slavery. Himself born in a desperately poor family in North India, the lowest caste in Indian society, a community of the illiterate Untouchables, he describes from his personal experiences the torments of the Dalits who even have no right to fight for education or food. Omprakash Valmiki’s voice is today recognized as an empowered voice of a writer who works on behalf of Dalits. But Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan is written from the personal experiences of dalit who rises to prominence from his marginalized presence. The name ‘Untouchable’ always brings to our mind Mulk Raj Anand’s book. Om Prakash Valmiki through his work shows the significance of literature in order to provide a platform for disseminating knowledge regarding Dalit lives and their experiences.An Untouchable’s Narrative of An Untouchable's Life Note: Joothan marks as the very first Dalit autobiographies in Hindi literature and later got translated into English by Arun Prabhas Mukherjee during the year 2003. Joothan is all about the bitter experiences of growing up as a dailt boy. So, basically Valmiki's autobiographical account Joothan clearly highlights that untouchability had been practised by the educators, educated – like minded upper caste people, as well as his relatives belonging to the similar community. The practice untouchability’s practice had been legally abolished in the year 1950 but not from mindsets of the people. India's untouchables have been forced to accept as well as eat joothan for centuries, plus the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of the country's social pyramid. "Joothan" basically refers well to scraps of food left on a plate, destined either for the garbage or animals. He describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the time of 1950s. Om Prakash Valmiki was popularly known for his autobiography, Joothan, regarded a milestone in Dalit literature. He was born at the village of Barla in the Muzzafarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Om Prakash Valmiki was an Indian writer and poet. Not only this, he wrote two collections of short stories, Salaam (2000), and Ghuspethiye (2004) also. Hint: Besides Joothan (1997) he also published three collections of poetry: Sadiyon Ka Santaap (1989), Bas! Bahut Ho Chuka (1997), and Ab Aur Nahin (2009).
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