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Sita: The Hero of Nandini Sahu’s Retelling of Ramayana
Get PDFGeneration after generation has heard the story of Ramayana as the epic battle or dharmayudh between Rama and Ravana. Sita is mostly presented as the damsel in distress whose honour is protected by her husband and who is supposed to prove her chastity in order to find a place in society. However, her life before marriage, her natural gift, resilience, courage, and ability to detach from everything that is close to her are many times overlooked. The hero is Rama, and the villain is Ravana. Sita is the victim. Nandini Sahu’s Sita is not a victim. She is the true warrior of the epic Ramayana who deserves to be called the hero. She is the faithful daughter, wife, and mother who performs all the three roles with devotion and dedication. However, most importantly, she is a woman of substance who never loses hope in adverse circumstances and resiliently faces every challenge that life throws her way. This paper is an attempt to reconstruct Sita’s identity as the warrior of the epic instead of the victim by referring to Nandini Sahu’s rendering of the story of Ramayana from Sita’s perspective. This analysis will be done from the postcolonial perspective in which the story of the subaltern Sita will be the highlight, and her actual contribution to the action of the epic will be brought to the forefront to show that she is the hero and not the victim
Draupadi – The ‘he’ in ‘her’: A blend of the Sinister and the Gentle
Get PDFDraupadi, the co-wife of the Pandava brothers, is an important character in the epic. She is known to have been the quintessence of beauty and femininity. Her life has largely been a plausible canvass of determination and a majestic display of integrity. She is often regarded as the first feminist voice who had raised concerns about women’s rights, wife’s rights and husband’s authority over the wife. Yet, there has been an enigmatic aspect to her character. The more one delves deeper into her character, the more one is confounded with Draupadi’s heroism. Her strength of character and unyielding will makes her a hero, more heroic and greater than the others. And hence, the paper tries to explore the heroic nature of Draupadi’s character- to unravel the ‘he’ in ‘her’
The Beautiful Buds by R. B. Yadav
Get PDFThe Beautiful Buds by R. B. Yadav, New Delhi: Value Publications, ISBN 978-81-950577-8-8, 2021, Price: 650/-, Pages-134
Mapping Thematic Variations: The Poetry of D. C. Chambial, Ed. P. V. Laxmiprasad
Get PDFMapping Thematic Variations: The Poetry of D. C. Chambial, Ed. P. V. Laxmiprasad, Authorspress, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN: 973-93-52070-22-0, Pp 406
The Philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita: An Enlightened Study of the Hindu Scripture by P.V. Laxmiprasad
Get PDFThe Philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita: An Enlightened Study of the Hindu Scripture by P.V. Laxmiprasad, Bilaspur: Booksclinic Publishers, Chhattisgarh, 2021, ISBN 978-93-5535-090-9, Price-Rs. 800/-, Pp. 101
Many Masculinities: Reading Stories from Shedding the Metaphors by Nandini Sahu
Get PDFThis paper analyses some of the selected stories from Shedding the Metaphors and tries to show the different types of masculinities in the male characters influenced by many factors such as class, caste, age, nationality and identity. It is an attempt to read the selected stories in the light of ‘Many Masculinities’ which emphasizes that there are multiple ways to be masculine, challenging traditional norms and stereotypes that limit masculinity to certain traits or behaviours. This acknowledges the existence of various masculinities, ranging from dominant or hegemonic forms of masculinity associated with power and privilege to marginalized or subordinated masculinities that may face discrimination and social pressures. R. W. Connell provided a useful theoretical account of gender in her book Masculinities which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each associated with different positions of power.
This paper recognizes the importance of deconstructing and challenging notions of masculinity, promoting and accepting the diverse expressions of gender identity for all individuals. In the present chapter, seven out of twelve stories have been selected from Nandini Sahu’s Shedding the Metaphors, and by reading the selected stories in a new way, a critical analysis has been conducted on various types of masculinity and it tries to show how its form is changing nowadays
Devil on the Cross: Ngũgĩ\u27s Blueprint for Revolutionary Consciousness
Get PDFNgũgĩ wa Thiong\u27o\u27s Devil on the Cross functions as a revolutionary manifesto, crafted under extreme duress during the author\u27s imprisonment. Composed secretly in Gĩkũyũ on prison toilet paper, the novel\u27s very creation constituted defiance against the Moi regime. This context shapes its core purpose: How does imprisonment shape the novel? It necessitates a covert political strategy, using allegory, satire, and indigenous oral forms to evade censorship, expose the brutal exploitation by Kenyan elites and foreign capital, and mobilize the oppressed masses. Why was writing in Gĩkũyũ essential? Ngũgĩ viewed rejecting English as fundamental to decolonizing consciousness; Gĩkũyũ provided cultural authenticity and accessibility, reconnecting revolutionary thought with lived experience and communal expression. How does allegory serve as a weapon? The grotesque “Devil\u27s Feast,” where thieves boast of exploitation using vampiric imagery, directly names the enemy (neocolonial capitalism) and demystifies systemic violence. What is the significance of Wariinga\u27s journey? Her transformation from suicidal victim to armed resister models the forging of revolutionary consciousness: catalyzed by witnessing systemic cruelty, nurtured through solidarity and critical analysis, and actualized through reclaiming agency. What is the role of oral traditions in this process? Folktale structures, proverbs, songs (like Wariinga\u27s “Arise, Ye Workers!”), and performance techniques become powerful tools for mass political education and fostering solidarity, embedding resistance within culturally resonant forms
Political Stability As A Major Concern in Pashtun Women\u27s Poetry
No full textMuch of human emotions are expressed via poetry and other literary genres, but when it comes to women in Pashtun society, we lose their voices. Afzal Raza believes Pashtun women cannot speak about their pain, misery, or other feelings (Raza). As women could be persecuted for writing poetry in Pashtun society, much of the folklore poetry was anonymized by female speakers. Recently, the New York Times reported about several young girls set themselves on fire after they were caught reciting poetry to an FM radio from home (Griswold). Reading about women casualties in their poetry, Raza shall be accurate in saying that Tapa or Landay (two-verse poetry) is the ancient form of poems created mainly by women that still exists as its writer is unknown but has its female speaker for us to understand it. To study Pashtun women and their poetry, Tapa or Landay is the primary source to begin (Raza)
Telugu Short Story from Telangana: A Critical Evaluation of Pre-Independence Writers by P. V. Laxmiprasad
Get PDFTelugu Short Story from Telangana: A Critical Evaluation of Pre-Independence Writers by P. V. Laxmiprasad, New Delhi: Authorspress, 2022, ISBN: 978-93-5529-178-3, Pp. 82, Price 295/-
The Holocaust of Partition: A Critical Study of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Mottled Dawn (Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition by P.V.Laxmiprasad
Get PDFThe Holocaust of Partition: A Critical Study of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Mottled Dawn (Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition by P.V.Laxmiprasad, New Delhi: Authorspress, 2021, ISBN: 978-93-90891-45-0 Pp. 94, Price 600/