Twilight

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preethu P
Keyword(s):  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Divine Feminine ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Female Infanticide ◽  
Patriarchal Society

'Twilight' is a  poem about the identity crisis faced by an average Indian woman. Religious tradition speaks of her as Shakti ( goddess) who is the primordial cosmic energy representing the divine feminine. At the same time, she has to suffer a lot of atrocities in the patriarchal society, ranging from female infanticide to death. Juniper symbolises the journey in which selfhood is not compromised. In dreams of a glorious past, she chants the Sakti mantra (hymn) and invokes the goddess in the highest tip of the tree of selfhood while the cruel reality binds her to the roots.

A cry still unheard: A menace of female foeticide societal attitude towards female foeticide

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mona Arora
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Female Infanticide ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Societal Pressure ◽  
Societal Attitude

India has an age old fascination with the boy child and considers the birthof a girl as a bad investment in future. A girl is considered to be consumer ratherthan a producer, and this narrow viewpoint of the Indian patriarchal society haslead to horrid practices like female infanticide and female foeticide. There is societal pressure for women to have male children and failurestend to feel guilty after giving birth to a girl. Such women are at risk of beingbeaten and rejected by their husbands. This can even lead to rejection by in -lawsand by the society as a whole. Keeping in view the above discourse the presentpaper aims to study the attitude of society towards female foeticide.

Feminist concern of Girish Karnad Novel: Nagamandala

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Ruchi Saxena ◽  
◽  
Dr. Anshu Raj Purohit ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Child Marriage ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Shashi Deshpande ◽  
Male Feminist

This present paper attempts to critically analyse the selected novel of Girish Karnad _Nagamandala. Girish Karnad, as a dramatist, is free from any such feminist tags and like Shashi Deshpande, an Indian woman novelist, treats ‘woman as a woman’ and as ‘a human being’. As a male feminist, he has treated the feminist issues like child marriage, loveless marriage, exploitation of wife in the hands of husband, double standards of society and law operating against her in the society etc. It also expresses the hollowness and injustice of patriarchal society. He insists that it is not patriarchy but matriarchy which is essential for society. Thus, the refined sensibilities of woman like love, sex, compassion and tolerance make her unsurpassable in the society. The pride of woman also finds a space in his play Naga Mandala.

Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition.

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Alf Hiltebeitel ◽  
David Kinsley
Keyword(s):  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Divine Feminine

Challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in rural India

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul Arun Pathak ◽  
Sanjeev Varshney
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Rural Location ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Rural Context

Malavika Sharma, an Indian woman rural entrepreneur, founded Avika, a venture which produced traditional, hand-embroidered Indian garments. Avika grew rapidly and now provides employment to over 700 rural women. This case highlights various challenges that an entrepreneurial venture run by a woman, in a rural location within a traditional patriarchal society such as India, faces. The case also helps understand the inevitable inter-twining of business and social issues, given the rural context.

scholarly journals Chetan Bhagat: Recent Readings: Mental conflicts of Indian women in One Indian Girl

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Ms. Madhu
Keyword(s):  
Indian Society ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Social Stereotypes ◽  
Successful Career ◽  
Indian Girl ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Feminist Ideology ◽  
Social Reputation ◽  
Exceptional Elements

This chapter is written to have a look at Chetan Bhagat’s novel One Indian Girl from cerebral angle to acknowledge a deviation in Indian Women’s demeanor and behaviour. Indian women’s mind is full of conflicts and confusion. They have to deal with social stereotypes.  Our society believes that girls can make a successful career either or a successful home. Can’t do both together. What an astonishment! We give wings to our daughters but then she is told that she has to build a nest. So she has to forget to fly. Chetan Bhagat’s novel One Indian Girl offers a female’s anima – her goals and inclination in her thoughts and geared up to flare up and ensue at even the slightest pierce. Radhika Mehta cogitates a maiden who is a sturdy backer of feminist ideology however she has to confront the pre-determined norms of Indian society that have been set below patriarchal society because of which she has to go through numerous sorts of torments and distress. This narrative is generally about Radhika, the proponent, unveiling the exceptional elements of a modern-day Indian woman. Radhika’s social reputation influences society to a great extent that she turns into a vulnerable target of many known and unknown conditions which vexed her unfulfilled objectives of not getting bodily love and appreciation. Radhika’s unfulfilled dreams take her foundation within side the discrimination meted to her in her formative years and youth. It is a first-character narrative through the protagonist whose internal voice (named ‘Mini-me’) constantly expresses her internal feelings and the mental conflicts occurring in her thoughts.

scholarly journals A Study in the Short Stories of Kamala Das

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Jai Shankar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Women Characters ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Social Criticism ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Simple Language ◽  
Narrative Techniques

The study has been able to ascertain and prove beyond doubt that Das’s prose works are of no less ranking than her poems and that she has effectively employed the short story form to present the predicaments of Indian womanhood and their quest for identity and self-assertion. The exhaustive evaluation and thorough scrutiny taking up various aspects of he stories right from her themes, structure and style, narrative techniques to her portrayal of Indian women, their status in society, and identity crisis have finally led to the emergence of the New Indian woman. Das’s feminist approach and overt outlook, along with the quest for a self-determined and self-affirmed identity for Indian women, have been well established through a methodical and exhaustive contemplation of the diverse women characters. The conclusion that emerges from this study undoubtedly corroborates and attests that Kamala Das’s name stands at par with the pioneer Indian woman short story writers. Das has efficiently and effectively used the short story genre as a document of social criticism and has established herself as a feminist crusader, campaigning to acquire for the Indian womanhood an independent identity and self-dignity. Das’s short story, with its innovative style and techniques, simple language, and concise form, has been brilliantly explored in discussing the problems facing Indian womanhood, especially her search for selfhood. Das has adeptly highlighted and presented her outlooks with the help of her characters. The fact that her English fictional work has remained obscure and un-honored is a sad story and a loss to literature.

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