Abstract

People with disability/ies make up a large numbered marginal community across the world. Though they are divided by geographical boundaries, socioeconomic conditions and ethnicity, their sufferings, pains, oppression, and identity crisis unite them. They have been systematically oppressed throughout cultures by spreading stereotypical narrations. The systematic oppression of people with disability/ies is not extensively explored. Mythology is presumed to be the origin of such systematic oppression (in many cultures) in terms of people with disability/ies. Hindu mythology influenced India and its subcontinent widely and immensely. Many cultures in India draw origins from Hindu mythology. Mighty gods and goddesses, heroes, warriors, demons, and well-knitted powerful plots of Hindu mythology ruled over for many centuries. Such grandeur and exquisite mythology has been controlling people cognitively and paved the way/s for systematic oppression. The current paper’s objective is to show the role of Telugu proverbs influenced by Hindu mythology in controlling narratives cognitively and how it leads to the systematic oppression of people with disability/ies by becoming the marks of collective memory.

Authors: Katupalli Santha Ram, Shuchi

Published in: Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2024)

  • Date of Conference: 2-4 April, 2024
  • DOI: 10.20533/IICE.2024.0032
  • ISBN: 978-1-913572-70-9
  • Conference Location: Dún Laoghaire, Ireland

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