Open AccessMahasweta Devi's Draupadi: Resonances of Patriarchy, Crime and Confrontation
Author(s) -
Shubhpreet Sandhu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/ijellh.v9i1.10881
Subject(s) - patriarchy , feudalism , theme (computing) , sociology , government (linguistics) , position (finance) , gender studies , property (philosophy) , political science , law , philosophy , politics , business , computer science , linguistics , finance , epistemology , operating system
The present paper aims to capture the position of a woman in male dominated culture and how she is owned as property in Mahasweta Devi's short story "Draupadi". In this story she raises her voice against the Indian feudalism and talks about the ingratitude of government. There are three stories in Breast stories translated by Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak named "Draupadi", "Breast Giver" And "Behind the Bodice." All these stories have a theme of exploitation and patriarchy. In Draupadi, Devi speaks about the violence faced by its protagonist Dopdi Mejhen.