This paper is an attempt to analyse the suffering and oppressions of poor through the principle of Marxism in the novel “Dollar Bahu” by Sudha Murty. Unfortunately poverty has become the symbol of Indian Nation. The Western Countries consider the Indian Sub-Continent as a poor nation. But ironically that is not the truth. India is a country that is lavished with riches and sophisticated wealth. Then from where does the poverty come from? It is an important question to answer. The reality behind is that the rich become richer and poor become poorer. The economically high class people subjugate and exploit the labours of the poor people. Even the poor people too give themselves up to all the exploitations by the rich, because they need to fill their belly atleast for once in a day. Through the novel “Dollar Bahu”, Sudha Murty picturize the role of poverty in a common middle class family. The protagonist Vinuta, the second daughter-in-law of the family, is mistreated only because she didn’t bring any large downy. The money-minded mother-in-law Gouramma praises the rich daughter-in-law, whereas as Vinuta is oppressed.

KEY WORDS:

                      Subjugation, Alienation, Exploitation, Conceptualizing.