Bama’s Vision of Women in Sangati
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
In the Indian scenario, casteism is prevalent which subjugated some communities. Dalit was one such caste deprived of even the basic enmities which were necessary for any ordinary human being. They were discriminated on every front and were forced to live in the periphery of the villages, towns and cities. They did not have an access to education which was a tool of empowerment of man. Economically also, they were on the first step of the ladder. Women in the Indian society were generally treated as subordinates to men, they were discriminated and disgusted as well. The plight of Dalit women can easily be assessed by the fact that they being Dalits first and secondly women. The Dalit novelists, particularly Bama highlighted the double suppression of these Dalit women in terms of gender discrimination, labour, education, etc. Bama in her novel Sangati, portrays the higher position or preference of boy over a girl. She writes: “if a baby boy cries, he is instantly picked up and given milk. It is not so with the girl”. The paper aims to focus on the treatment given to women in the Periyar society as compared to the males in the same community and Bama’s vision of women.
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Dr. Deepti Sharma
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