Abstract: Literature is uttered to foresee, reproduce and frame life it to its objectives. Dalit literatures have a unanimous purpose to manifest their lives, challenges and potentialities. This paper endeavours to focus on the oppression faced by the Dalit community and how the power suppresses their dreams and aspiration get into the mainstream society. The paper entitled, “Pheripheral to Mainstream – Aspiring for Egalitarianism: A Censorious perusal of Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan” talks about the oppression and suppression faced by the Dalit youth.