ABSTRACT
Most discussions of Disability Studies and representations of disability in literature primarily examine Western traditions. While appreciating this position, this chapter offers a critical examination of 18 literary works, written by Indian writers during the twentieth and twenty-first century—nine in English and nine in Indian languages.
Through our interrogation of select literary works and examination of how disability activism has evolved in India during the colonial and postcolonial periods, we hope to establish that far from using disability as mere ‘narrative prosthesis’, Indian writers have been significantly engaged with issues relating disability. Furthermore, this chapter gains significance because the works analyzed have not yet been recognized as forming a pattern of the evolution of Disability Studies discourse in India.
