Like her, I was attempting to make the most of my life in a patriarchal. This book reflects on the raging issue of double marginalization and double oppression faced by the Dalit women of India due to caste, caste and gender based societal discrimination. Weaving is the metaphor of Urmila Pawars memoir Aayadan (published in 2002). In this frank and intimate memoir, she not only shares her tireless effort to surmount hideous personal tragedy but also conveys the excitement of an awakening consciousness during a time of profound political and social change. The book was first published in Marathi in 1997, and later translated into English by Maya Pandit and published as The Weave of My. The Weave of Life The Weave of Life is the English translation of the Marathi autobiography named Aidan by Urmila Pawar. Though she writes in Marathi, Pawar has found fame in all of India. She eventually left Konkan for Mumbai, where she fought for Dalit rights and became a major figure in the Dalit literary movement. October 2021 Authors: Ravindra Ashok Kulkarni Willingdon College, Sangli Abstract The translated novel of Urmila Pawars novel is discussed. Pawar grew up on the rugged Konkan coast, near Mumbai, where the Mahar Dalits were housed in the center of the village so the upper castes could summon them at any time.
Forbidden from performing anything but the most undesirable and unsanitary duties, for years Dalits were believed to be racially inferior and polluted by nature and were therefore forced to live in isolated communities.
Dalits, or untouchables, make up India's poorest class. Activist and award-winning writer Urmila Pawar recounts three generations of Dalit women who struggled to overcome the burden of their caste.
0 kommentar(er)
