Jagdish Joshi, Neha Hariyani
Literature
is an intellectual mirror of the society which has always endeavoured to voice
the voiceless. The recent trend and development in modern and postmodern Indian
literature have tried to delve deep into the struggle of the deliverance of
each individual and every household of the society. Among many issues, one of
the foremost contemporary and burning issues is gender inequality in Indian
society, poignantly expressed by renowned Bengali writer Mahashweta Devi in her
most acclaimed novel Mother of 1084. The present paper focuses on the
predicament of women and how women emancipate by breaking the shackles of "the
weaker sex" who is inferior to their male counterparts. The paper attempts
to highlight Sujata's predicament of deliverance
from the male hegemonies by transforming her pain into the purpose of
inspiration for all Indian women.
Gender
Inequality, Predicament, Deliverance, Struggle, Weaker Sex, Hegemony, Self-discovery,
Journey, Shackles, Emancipation
VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021