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The aim of the present paper is to examine the varied underlined, invisible ways of suffering embedded in the lives of the dalit community, particularly woman and their life experiences portrayed in C.Ayyapan’s story, “Prethabhashanam”. Dalit women face additional discrimination and abuse including sexual abuse by upper caste men which is discussed in “Prethabhashanam” (Spectral Speech) in which the writer offers an indirect critique of the sexual harassment and degeneration of Dalit women. “Prethabhashanam” not only presents the plight of the lower caste society but it also plays the role of a constant reminder of the hardships faced by the subaltern women in the society. Their condition is pitiable not only in Kerala but throughout India. The present study tries to envisage the reconstruction of prevailing unequal order, C.Ayyapan’s writings is the saga of resistance against the hegemony of upper class literature which pretends to be omniscient and all- encompassing while presenting a narrow, one sided, twisted and biased view of reality.