Exploring Resistance Against Socio-Political Crisis: A Comparative Perspective on Munshi Premchand and Paul Beatty.

The purpose of the research paper is to examine the socio-political crisis of the marginalized communities through a comparative analysis of select works by Indian writer, Munshi Premchand and American writer, Paul Beatty. The proposed study focuses on positive mark-up of marginality, which helps to create rejected individual viewpoints and acts as a form of resistance against hegemony. Additionally, the goal is to empower marginalized groups to question the social and economic relationships in which they live and to share knowledge that challenges the existing quo. Through an analysis and critique of the selected works, the current paper focuses on the comparative picture of the excluded groups of Indians and African-Americans. Using methodology of Sandra Harding's ‘Standpoint Theory’, the paper examines Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle and Premchand's Karambhoomi. The paper's ability to transcend historical and cultural contexts to provide a greater understanding of structural injustice, foster intercultural unity, elevate oppressed voices, and inform social justice movements is what gives it contemporary social relevance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]