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The present paper aspires to present the problems of being �Dalit� in Indian rural society, that is strictly and staunchly governed by the age-old traditions, customs and conventions, through the comparative study of Mulk Raj Anand�s classic Untouchable and Arundhati Roy�s booker prize winner The God of Small Things. Bakha in Untouchable and Velutha in The God of Small Things-both representing the underdogs in the age of exploitation and moral injustice, suffer more or less, in similar circumstances. The latter, of course, undergoes, the aggravated form of suppression and sheer inhuman treatment at the hands of society so called �Touchable�. Bakha, the sweeper, resents the upper caste society which unjustly puts the downtrodden like Bakha on the margin. He says out of sheer exasperation: �They think we are mere dirt because we clean their dirt� Velutha, on the other hand, is the untouchable carpenter who transgresses the upper caste hegemony by mingling physically and spiritually with Amu, the upper-caste woman, a member of touchable society.