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Literature is an echo of emotions and when it emotes sorrow and misery, it resonates so loudly that it rings in the minds of the multitude. Dalit literature reverberates the crisis of the cornered and records the trials and tribulations of the Dalits. This paper showcases the literature of the downtrodden and portrays the emancipation of Dalits with reference to Sivagami’s novel Grip of Change. Social crisis such as discrimination, casteism, Sexual harassment, exploitation of women, intra- dalit strife and so on are discussed as depicted in the novel. The paper throws light upon the author’s remedial measures of the social crisis such as unity, inter –caste marriage, good leadership and education. Thus in the lives of dalits, as like food; the fortitude to fight, the unity to stand up; the courage to withstand, the education to enrich; the leadership to light; the faith to face the failure and the hope to hold on to life; are inevitable.