Open AccessReading the Silence of Bengi in Arupa Patangia’s ‘Aai’
Author(s) -
Sandhani Dutta Kalita
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.v9i11.11207
Subject(s) - silence , reading (process) , resistance (ecology) , function (biology) , literature , art , aesthetics , history , linguistics , philosophy , ecology , evolutionary biology , biology
Arupa Patangia’s Aai, tells the story of Pomeela Bengi, a dim witted imbecile who has been a victim of the insurgency and has been rendered invisible after the death of her only surviving son Mohan. But, her silence acted as a voice of resistance because through it she could powerfully express how the state and its mechanisms function and makes the ordinary people like Pomeela victims, and how they are searching for an alternative.