Papers by Madhurima Guha
During times of conflict multiple binary constructions are formed; not only is 'masculine' contra... more During times of conflict multiple binary constructions are formed; not only is 'masculine' contrasted to 'feminine' within a group and 'us' contrasted to 'them' between groups, but 'our women' are contrasted to 'their women' and 'our men' to 'their men'. 'Our women' are chaste, honourable, and to be protected by 'our men'; 'their women' are unchaste and depraved. 9
Introduction:-We are very much aware of various kinds of discriminations ubiquitous in our societ... more Introduction:-We are very much aware of various kinds of discriminations ubiquitous in our society. Discriminations on the base of caste-class-race-gender-religion and language have run down through ages and are very much incorporated into our blood. Historical events such as Independence and Partition also falls short in impact in front of these prejudices. Even in the post-partition era, when people were struggling to resettle their lives and when wounds of political tyranny and territorial displacements were ripe and sore, these prejudiced notions were still being considered of utmost significance. Even today, our very psyche is morphed and recreated in such a way that when we judge the person next to us, our immediate tendency is to draw conclusions by judging him/her on the basis of caste-class-race-gender-religion and language etc and not considering the talents or merits he/she acquires. We talk of going global, decreasing borders amongst us, acknowledging different cultures, religions and communities and forming a 'human race' on the global platform. Numerous television shows, reality programs, friendly matches are being organized but still the terms Caste, Class, Race, Religion, Language and Gender do matter a lot. We are still stuck in that judgmental loop. Partition memoirs talks about the horrors of uprootedness, of suddenly being made a refugee-the unfamiliar in the familiar society, of alienation and lot of this has been discussed, but, my point of interest while dealing partition memoirs is highlighting the abundant presence of caste-religion-gendered discriminations even in the atermath of Partition and how these concepts never faced any 'displacement' from our minds no matter what. Through this paper I would like to draw upon a discussion regarding these very prominent tendencies of discrimination by a detailed study of the memoir Dayamoyeer Kotha by Sunanda Sikdar and also try to show how this continues even today, how, when globalization is at its fullest exuberance, we are still caught in that limbo of discrimination.
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During times of conflict multiple binary constructions are formed; not only is 'masculine' contra... more During times of conflict multiple binary constructions are formed; not only is 'masculine' contrasted to 'feminine' within a group and 'us' contrasted to 'them' between groups, but 'our women' are contrasted to 'their women' and 'our men' to 'their men'. 'Our women' are chaste, honourable, and to be protected by 'our men'; 'their women' are unchaste and depraved. 9
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