Choose the correct option(s) in the New Historicist reading of Dalit writing:

1. A. Dalit writing does not essentialise Indian society, culture and identity.
2. B. Dalit writing has inflected the immanent metanarratives.
3. C. There is no single location of Dalit writing.
4. D. Dalit writing is only a political category.
5. E. Dalit writing is not grounded in history.

1. A(A), (B) and (C) only
2. B(A), (C) and (D) only
3. C(C), (D) and (E) only
4. D(B), (D) and (E) only

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Correct answer: A. (A), (B) and (C) only

Explanation

A New Historicist reading sees Dalit writing as historically embedded and plural: it unsettles essentialist accounts of 'Indian' culture (A), rewrites dominant narratives (B) and speaks from many places (C). It is not 'only' political (D), and it is precisely grounded in history (E).