Towards Excellence

(ISSN No. 0974-035X)
(An indexed refereed & peer-reviewed journal of higher education)
UGC-MALAVIYA MISSION TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

THE PREDICAMENT OF WOMEN FOR DELIVERANCE IN MAHASWETA DEVI'S MOTHER OF 1084

Authors:

Jagdish Joshi, Neha Hariyani

Abstract:

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.

Keywords:

Gender Inequality, Predicament, Deliverance, Struggle, Weaker Sex, Hegemony, Self-discovery, Journey, Shackles, Emancipation

Vol & Issue:

VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021