Social Consciousness in the Short Stories of Mahasweta Devi
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https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2019.4.1.16Keywords:
Social Consciousness, Subaltern, Exploitation, PovertyAbstract
Mahasweta Devi, a well-known name in the scenario of Indian English literature, a political and social activist worked with and for tribal and marginalized communities of eastern India throughout her life. The social conscious or aware of the problems within the society or community compels Devi to writes and protests actively against social injustice. She wants to see the change in the society, therefore takes an active role to eradicate poverty, injustice, exploitation of the subaltern. Her commitment towards the society as reflected the story ‘Little Ones', ‘Fisherman', ‘Hunt', has been highlighted in the paper.
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Devi, Mahasweta. Old Women. Trans. Gayatri Chakravarthy Spivak. Calcutta: Seagull, 1999, Print
Devi, Mahasweta. Imaginary Maps. Trans. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, New York: Routledge, 1995, Print.
Devi, Mahasweta. Bitter Soil. Trans. Ipsita Chandra. Calcutta: Seagull, 1998, Print.
Devi, Mahasweta. Bait. Trans. Sumanta Banerjee, Calcutta : Seagull, 2004, Print.
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