English

P Rathna,S Frank Joison

doi:10.17576/3l-2016-2203-13

Abstract

Dyche, deals with analysing the psyche of the Dalit – “Dyche” - to redefine Dalit community and empower the victimised psyche of Dalit. The exploration of Dalit historiography and psychology through Dyche substantiates that there is cultural, spiritual and psychological uniformity among Dalits and other Indigenous people of the globe. Hence exploration through “Dyche” towards one’s culture, tradition and identity could edify the cause of psychical wounds and thus could facilitate deliverance to indigenous communities from their marginal predicament and bring back harmony. This paper attempts to apply some features of Dyche, the practical Dalit psyche theory, for studying Dalits, Sami people of Norway and Noongar people of Australian Aborigines and to explore their common life experiences, ethos and common self-assertion for liberation with reference to Indian Dalit writer M.C. Raj’s novel, Yoikana and Australian Aboriginal writer Kim Scott’s novel, That Deadman Dance. The paper also endeavours to differentiate between migrant psyche and indigenous psyche and discuss the compensatory mechanisms “Moralising” and “Open Rebellion” adopted by the Oppressor and the Oppressed respectively in their negotiation with the “other.” Keywords: Dyche; compensatory mechanism; migrant psyche; moralising; open rebellion DOI: http://doi.org/10.17576/3L-2016-2203-13

Highlights

INTRODUCTION“There are many worlds within the world. One of them is the Adijan world just as there are many worlds of indigenous peoples all over the world” (Dyche, p. 89)
Dyche, deals with analysing the psyche of the Dalit – “Dyche” - to redefine Dalit community and empower the victimised psyche of Dalit
The present paper ventures to study selected aspects of the Adijan psyche and the Migrant psyche and elaborate on the compensatory mechanisms, Moralising and Open Rebellion adopted by the migrants and the indigenous communities respectively, as revealed in Yoikana and That Deadman Dance

Summary

INTRODUCTION

“There are many worlds within the world. One of them is the Adijan world just as there are many worlds of indigenous peoples all over the world” (Dyche, p. 89). In order to further strengthen the theory, an endeavour has been made to analyse yet another indigenous community, Noongars of Australia through Kim Scott’s novel, That Deadman Dance, taking into consideration only their predicament due to dominant forces, irrespective of their geographical position or reason for discrimination, i.e., caste, creed or race. The authors assert that “what existed naturally in the present Dalit communities as psychological phenomena before the arrival of Aryans in India cannot be legitimately called Dyche as it was not a broken psyche”. It was only after the arrival of the Aryans, there were, substantial changes in the psyche of the Dalits due to the domineering and oppressive measures adopted by the migrant race. The present paper ventures to study selected aspects of the Adijan psyche and the Migrant psyche and elaborate on the compensatory mechanisms, Moralising and Open Rebellion adopted by the migrants and the indigenous communities respectively, as revealed in Yoikana and That Deadman Dance

MIGRANTS IN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA

HOMOGENEITY AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

CONCLUSION