Fictional Works Women

1. Navleen Multani

3. • Indian Writer (Bengali)
• Sahitya Akademi Award(Bengali)
• Jnanpith Award(1996)
• Ramon Magsaysay Award(1997)
• Padma Shri(1986)
• Padma Vibhushan(2006)
• SAARC Literary Award(2007)
• First Novel Jhansir Rani based on biography of Rani of
Jhansi

5. • Representation of the Third World- the marginalia
• Plight of the dispossessed tribes,landless labourers,
gendered subaltern(women)
• Dehumanizing experiences of tribal communities-triply
marginalized tribal women
• Tales of women in distress
• Interweave aesthetics and activism for a new vision

6. • Stories,novella and novels by Mahasweta Devi inscribe
the resilience of the victims of discrimination and injustice
• Extension of commitment to social cause
• Active participation in welfare projects of dispossessed
• Gayatri Spivak opines
Mahasweta Devi articulates postcolonialty in a space of
difference -“the decolonized terrain”

7. • Exclusion of Marginalized
• Brutality of Police
• Social Exploitation
• Sexual Violation
• Nationalism
• Frauds of Democratic set up

8. • Indian Context, Customs, Traditions
• Sense of Self-Respect; Motherhood
• Unconventional Progressive Roles
• Courageous; Stronger than Men
• Refute Suppression
• Paradigm of Resistance
• Open New Possibilities
• Disseminate New Ideas
• Reconstruct Identities
• Change Perception