Abstract: The intersection between the Disability and Dalit discourses can act as a mutually illuminating lens on the complexities of these identities. Often defined as a form of social disability, caste shares several features with the definition of disability as a cultural and social construct. This paper will examine the multiple jeopardy of caste, class and disability with reference to the figure of the blind Tau in the well-known Hindi Dalit writer, Sheoraj Singh Bechain’s autobiography My Childhood on My Shoulders and offer insights into how these are transformed into sites of resistance, disruption and transgression.

Keywords: Dalit, Disability, Shared Marginality, Resistance, Disruption and Transgression.

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