Literature from the Northeast India is not a recent phenomenon rather its presence is significant... more Literature from the Northeast India is not a recent phenomenon rather its presence is significantly older. It has been identified as an emerging field in Indian Writing in English. However, subject positionality of these writing mostly belongs to Northeast region i: e its people and land which is till the date has been treated from the marginal angle by the center due to its backward geographical location. Moreover, the people of this land are often stereotyped because of their physical features. These problematic concerns give birth to various questions such as weather the writing that bringing concerns of marginal people and land should be seen and received as Marginal literature in Indian context and does these bodies of wring characteristically fit in the ambit of Marginal literature? Thus, this paper attempts to explore selected writings from Northeast to examine its position among Indian English literature to bring an understanding about the marginal position of Northeastern writing.
Unlike the Urdu poetic tradition, prose development at the later of eighteenth century and the su... more Unlike the Urdu poetic tradition, prose development at the later of eighteenth century and the subsequent establishment of British rule in India, Indian writers felt an urge to communicate their feelings in Urdu, which was one of the most developed languages of the subcontinent. In this context Mirza Hadi Ruswa one of the renowned writer much later at the end of Nineteenth century shifted from earlier (Dastaan) like cycle which were usually dealt with evils of purdah and education of women, or recounted traditional romantic tales or dealt with the glorious past brought down the traditional boundaries between art and life. Ruswa showed more interest in representation of contemporary life and events and in his Novel Umrao Jan Ada he brought out the Lucknaw " s Nawabi culture and traces all the cultural elements through its narration. The novel has captured all minute detail of social trend and tradition of mid 19th century with the eye of a courtesan named Umrao. This paper is meant to explore the social condition and various aspects of Aristocratic Nawabs including their courtly activities of Tawaif.
Abstract- Kamala Das is one of the most prominent and debated figure in postcolonial Indian Engli... more Abstract- Kamala Das is one of the most prominent and debated figure in postcolonial Indian English poetry. Who writes with honesty and bold manner rarely in Indian context. She blend her personal experiences and observations in her poetry in a way it is become universal. Her depiction of woman is the typical answer to the subaltern and subsidiary voice of woman. She represents the modern women’s voice who wants to free her from the religious and social convention. Kamala Das takes the reader into the space of her private life and discloses the delicate facts of personal trauma and childhood suppression. She became the oppressed voice of woman and depict the universal sufferings of womanhood, women‘s struggle is to find their identity and their ―Self in a rebellious way. This paper aims to explore how Kamala Das sensitively point out the plight of woman whose status is prejudice in the religious and social obligation. Keyword-womanhood, sufferings, ill-treatment, equality, society, violence
Literature from the Northeast India is not a recent phenomenon rather its presence is significant... more Literature from the Northeast India is not a recent phenomenon rather its presence is significantly older. It has been identified as an emerging field in Indian Writing in English. However, subject positionality of these writing mostly belongs to Northeast region i: e its people and land which is till the date has been treated from the marginal angle by the center due to its backward geographical location. Moreover, the people of this land are often stereotyped because of their physical features. These problematic concerns give birth to various questions such as weather the writing that bringing concerns of marginal people and land should be seen and received as Marginal literature in Indian context and does these bodies of wring characteristically fit in the ambit of Marginal literature? Thus, this paper attempts to explore selected writings from Northeast to examine its position among Indian English literature to bring an understanding about the marginal position of Northeastern writing.
Unlike the Urdu poetic tradition, prose development at the later of eighteenth century and the su... more Unlike the Urdu poetic tradition, prose development at the later of eighteenth century and the subsequent establishment of British rule in India, Indian writers felt an urge to communicate their feelings in Urdu, which was one of the most developed languages of the subcontinent. In this context Mirza Hadi Ruswa one of the renowned writer much later at the end of Nineteenth century shifted from earlier (Dastaan) like cycle which were usually dealt with evils of purdah and education of women, or recounted traditional romantic tales or dealt with the glorious past brought down the traditional boundaries between art and life. Ruswa showed more interest in representation of contemporary life and events and in his Novel Umrao Jan Ada he brought out the Lucknaw " s Nawabi culture and traces all the cultural elements through its narration. The novel has captured all minute detail of social trend and tradition of mid 19th century with the eye of a courtesan named Umrao. This paper is meant to explore the social condition and various aspects of Aristocratic Nawabs including their courtly activities of Tawaif.
Abstract- Kamala Das is one of the most prominent and debated figure in postcolonial Indian Engli... more Abstract- Kamala Das is one of the most prominent and debated figure in postcolonial Indian English poetry. Who writes with honesty and bold manner rarely in Indian context. She blend her personal experiences and observations in her poetry in a way it is become universal. Her depiction of woman is the typical answer to the subaltern and subsidiary voice of woman. She represents the modern women’s voice who wants to free her from the religious and social convention. Kamala Das takes the reader into the space of her private life and discloses the delicate facts of personal trauma and childhood suppression. She became the oppressed voice of woman and depict the universal sufferings of womanhood, women‘s struggle is to find their identity and their ―Self in a rebellious way. This paper aims to explore how Kamala Das sensitively point out the plight of woman whose status is prejudice in the religious and social obligation. Keyword-womanhood, sufferings, ill-treatment, equality, society, violence
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Keyword-womanhood, sufferings, ill-treatment, equality, society, violence
Keyword-womanhood, sufferings, ill-treatment, equality, society, violence