Feminism In Kanthapura

The Serpent and the Rope, Raja Rao’s second novel, was an immediate success. Its popularity can be measured as it has received maximum number of critical responses, not only in India but from abroad too, among all his novels. Add to that, announcement of the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 1963 attracted greater readership and academic demand. It has been prescribed in the syllabi of many universities. It is the story of Ramaswamy, a young Brahmin from the south India. He goes to France to do research in history, there meets and marries Madeleine, a teacher of history, but drift apart gradually as Ramaswamy comes to realize the gulf between the Indian and Western concepts of love, marriage, and family. It is important to note that the gap

2. In the novel, women in Annawadi don’t have lots of freedom and rights. They are mistreated and every family living in Annawadi dislikes each other because they are corrupted by greed and money. Even in the urban slums, women like Zehrunisa and Asha wouldn’t have more freedom because women can’t have a voice for themselves unless they have connections to other, more powerful people. Other women dislike and spit hate at Zehrunisa and Asha because they are more successful than them, rather than trying to work with them to be successful together. Since the people in Annawadi are so corrupted by money, they disregard for others wellbeing and resort to fighting or trash talk each other. For women, they are a burden for parents because of marriage and dowry. That is why mothers and fathers want their daughters to be perfect, with no scars or anything that would prevent them to get married. All the engagement is determined at a young age, so girls can not find love for themselves. “Meena’s future in-laws might not come to hear that they’d chosen an impetuous bride.” (Boo 188). When Meena, a young Annawadi girl, tried to commit suicide with rat poison because she hated the life she was living, her brother beat her up because now there would be less chance for Meena to get married. Rather than the townspeople helping Meena, the were ashamed of her and worried for her reputation than her health. In my view, the freedoms that the women in Annawadi lack is a voice. The women cannot

This paper attempts to examine the fictional projections of Indian girls, to see how they emerge in ideological terms. Their journeys from self-alienation to self-adjustment, their childhood struggles against the hypocrisies and monstrosities of the grown-up world, eventually demolishing the unjust male constructed citadels of power that hinder their progress- are the highlighted issues. The point of comparison between the two novels focused on here is the journey of Rahel in The God of Small Things and Sai in The Inheritance from a lonely childhood to a tragic adulthood passing through a struggle with the complex forces of patriarchal society. Both the novels portray the imaginativeness, inventiveness, independence, rebelliousness, wide-eyed wonder and innocence associated with these young girls.

REPORTER: The reporter/niece (Terita) called to report neglect for the victim, Mattie. Mattie’s is blind, and needs assistance with her ADL’s. The reporter stated that Netasha (daughter) and Rick (boyfriend) are neglecting the victim. According to the reporter, Mattie ahs been blind for 5 or 6 years, and the home has been in horrible conditions for a while. The reporter said her brother (unknown) spoke with Natasha, a year ago, about her mother’s living conditions. The reporter said the house has cob webs, spider webs, and animals (unknown type) inside. The reporter said the ceiling is caving in near the back of the home. The tub is not being used, and the victim is not bathing. “You can see the dirt on her/victim”. The kitchen is in horrible

Mrs. Asrani, one of the important character in the book, says, "If we can't all live in harmony in this building, what hope is there for the nation?" Her mood changes often between embracing the unique individuals who share her living quarters and shunning them for insecure and picayune reasons. The author manages to give everybody good and bad days and thus offer this three-floored microcosm of urban India an emotional resonance that many readers will happily relate to ---especially those who lives in urban areas. The ailing drunk Vishnu becomes more and more decrepit, he wanders from floor to floor revisiting moments of his life through delirious remembrances of loves and horrors. Though the neighbours are not always interested in sharing his memories with him, he moves from landing to landing as if descending into a private hell, taking their abuse or kindness in whatever amount they wish to hand it

Prior to this class the term gender to me was associated with male and female, that they grow up into the image the caretaker wants, and then the replica is cut lose to stand on their own. However, after class discussions the term Gender studies has taken on a life of its own. It is an interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gender representation of society. It looks at inequality amongst men and women in both the public and their private spheres. Now as I look back upon my childhood when I had to remain indoor to cook, clean, wash, and iron I can identify how I was gender role socialize base on my sex as female. Although, at that time I did not see it as socialization, to me it was unfair and unjust, because I always taught my brother got the easiest and coolest chores. Even though he use to complain about his chore he never use to envy what I did. It was also

Within this course, the ideas of the involvement of the mythological and the modern have been searched for throughout various types of literature. We have analyzed poems, essays, theatrical plays and even graphic novels to see the origin of their creative success among the masses. After studying these pieces and their formal elements, we can see that most literature falls under classic mythological premises such as ideas of a higher power/collective mind, power/wisdom through dream and the purity/unforeseen knowledge of children. These ideas seem to be something that is only really recognized by poets. The poem Often I Am Permitted To Return To A Meadow by Robert Duncan uses all of these elements. Within this poet’s work we see he composes a strong relationship between myth and modern day with classical ideas, a powerful quality that makes a great poet.

Aside from the obvious symbols of water and fire, birth and purification, in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," there is the overall symbol of journey first implied in the opening stanza: "Marie, hold on tight. And down we went." Peter Weir's film The Way Back may also be described as a work at the center of which is a symbolic journey. While Weir's film recounts the survival of a group of escapees from the Soviet Gulag as they travel from Siberia to India, Eliot's poem illustrates the fracture of the modern world and the journey/longing for peace, symbolized (like in Weir's film) by the Eastern culture which preaches "Shanti." This paper will analyze the journey of both the film and the poem and show how each symbolizes the modern desire for spiritual wholeness in a world that has lost connection with truth, peace and transcendence.

Women in religion are so often swept away by the more prominent achievements of the male members of their order. This does not mean that these women did not play a formative role in their religion, but their stories are often unrecorded or ignored and their contributions are devalued. It is easy to believe that this is isolated to one religion that we might feel particularly uncharitable towards, however my research has shown that this happens in almost all religions around the world.

The article consisted of criticising 20th century western societal pedagogy in respect to the female reproductive system and its role in scientific studies. In retrospect for the reader, the article's purpose was to find the negative implications within scientific discoveries and societal views of gender roles. The article surprised me by illustrating how the scientific community had a misogynistic perspective on describing the female reproductive system and how it furthered skewed information. By the same token, the article was somewhat objective in noting the degrading terms found in those articles, yet gave off a subjective form of criticism that seemed to stem of a personal agenda. The article shared relevant and accurate information that

Modern day feminism is different from early feminism because feminists back then have given women today, many rights such as social equality as well as female role models that many women today look up to (odyessy). While modern day feminism is still struggling with these little problems in today’s society. About 58 percent of carers are female, although women in full time work are still more likely to be carers than men in full time work. Transgendered women remain extremely likely to be discriminated against while lesbian women often tend to experience higher levels of discrimination in the UK than gay men. These factors reveal that the issues with race, disability, sexual orientation and gender are often combined to create a reality of extreme

During the 20th century, after India’s history with civil war, the novel, “Nectar in a Sieve” by Kamala Markandaya, exposes India’s state of affairs while struggling with an impoverished population. Markandaya’s tale describes a southern village in India and a family’s struggle to survive. An old women, Rukmani examines her experience with Nathan, and her other children after having embarked their journey to persist in a corrupt society. Without legitimized direction within the country, Rukman’s family must endure the result of subsequent political complications and ethnic

During the semester we discussed many religions and their views of women and how they treat the women of these religions. Some are treated equally but some are not treated that way. Throughout this essay I am going to discuss how women of the Hindu, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islamic religion are treated.

“A young woman named Asma Mahfouz, ... , uploaded a short video on Youtube and Facebook in which she announced, “Whoever says women shouldn’t go to the protests because they will get beaten, let him have some manhood and let him come with me [to Tahrir Square in Cairo] on January 25.” 1(Moghadam 232) There is no doubt that women are playing an increasingly vocal, and vital role in the Middle East and North Africa(MENA) than ever before. In her third edition of Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East, Valentine M. Moghadam explores the various changes the region has undergone from conflicts, to social structure, regime changes, education, laws, and economy growth. She ties this wide range of topics all into the impact on women of the region, and how the idea of women and women’s roles in the Middle East has drastically changed over time.

Apart from the political criticism, a humanistic reading of the text reveals the social bias around the social politics, i.e. caste system. It bares the sad plight of the lower caste, even in the political system supported by the proletarian values. What Roy implies is that the Marxist party in Kerala worked from within the communal divides, never challenging them. Velutha is a member of the party. Yet he does not get help from the party leader Comrade Pilliai. Pilliai’s double standard distances him