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IGNOU MPYE-06 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1. a) Write an essay on the metaphysical position of Philosopher Tolkappiyar.
b) Discuss the role of Bhakti movement in shaping the dalit world-view.
Or
Write an essay on the relation between Spirituality and aesthetic experience in Dalit Worldview.
2. Explain and examine the materialist features of dalit eschatology.
Or
Write a note on the Ambedkar’s idea of Annihilation of Caste.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) What is the conception of Body in the dalit world-view? Examine.
b) Write an essay on Gandhi-Ambedkar debate on the caste system in India.
c) Write a short essay on Periyar’s Critique of Religion.
d) Discuss the role of Narayan Guru and Jyotiba Phule in the development of the idea of equality.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Discuss the role of myth and memory in dalit philosophy.
b) How is luminal situation related to normlessness?
c) Write a note on subaltern religion.
d) What do you understand by a philosophy of liberation?
e) “Caste is a division of laborer, not the division of labor.” Evaluate.
f) Write a note on Communitarian Aesthetics.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Sramana Tradition
b) Buffalo Nationalism Karagattam
c) Veedu
d) Myth
e) Democracy
f) Karagattam
g) Socio-religious revolution of Tamil Siddhas
h) Pratityasamutpada
IGNOU MPYE-06 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Write a note on the contribution of Ambedkar and Gandhi in dalit upliftment.
Or
Discuss the role of Bhakti movement in shaping the dalit world-view.
2. Discuss and evaluate the basis for Dalit Eschatology.
Or
Discuss the idea of Dalit folklore and cultural expression.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Write an essay on the problem of evil from dalit perspective.
b) Critically evaluate the idea of Enlightenment?
c) Write a short essay on Periyar’s Critique of Religion..
d) Discuss the role of Narayan Guru and Jyotiba Phule in the development of the idea of equality.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) What do you understand by a philosophy of liberation?
b) How is luminal situation related to normlessness?
c) Discuss the role of myth and memory in dalit philosophy..
d) Write a note on the idea of Paraiyattam..
e) “Caste is a division of laborer, not the division of labor.” Explain.
f) What are the Dalit expressions of self-assertion? Explain.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Veedu
b) Social utility
c) Chakalatwam
d) Sramana Tradition
e) Untouchability
f) Ritual Inversion
g) Socio-religious revolution of Tamil Siddhas
h) Saktism




