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There was a symposium on 'feminism in the Indian context' in which I read a paper. There were some interesting points made about stereotypes perpetuated by religion, the silences of women affected by partition and so on. We were all coming at it from reasonably various viewpoints, which was good because it meant we didn't say the same things. Some speakers relied heavily on examples from literature and there were at least two references to Bhisham Sahni's Tamas. My talk was pretty simple and focused on the need to examine our own prejudices especially towards other women who we perceive as different, Zestoretic FOR SALE. I drew more from posts and discussions we've had at Ultra Violet as opposed to literary texts--and later wondered why. Perhaps, because UV seems more 'right here, right now', a constantly updated motion picture. Apparently, some people in Punjabi heartland found some of my suggestions about sharing public spaces with sex workers and not expecting daughters-in-law to be deferential a bit 'shocking'. Or so I was told later by one of the Akademi people. Funny because I was actually trying really hard to keep it tame (without actually slipping into bovine). Maybe next time I'll talk about what I really think of the traditional institution of marriage. That should be fun.

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apu says:

09/11/2009 at 11:22 AM

Interesting post, Anu. Come to think of it, during my entire BA Lit course, I don’t think we even did established/heavyweight female authors such as say Virginia Woolf or Sylvia Plath – and since it was a triple major, there was no space for a women’s writing sort of paper – in effect, no women at all!
Anindita says:

09/11/2009 at 7:37 PM

Thanks Apu. We didn’t do Woolf either and Plath was stuck into a poetry paper with three of her poems getting a nod. Dreadful. We had a ‘feminism’ paper and that’s how we read some women writers and heard of others. It’s startling when you think about the kind of absence and silence this perpetuates.
Scherezade says:

11/11/2009 at 4:56 PM

This tragedy is intensified when we look at non-white writing/reading curriculum. No one even bothered with “Their Eyes Were Watching God” back in the day because “Native Son” was what black writing where supposed to be (despite the equal brilliance of both of those works it was always Bigger Thomas and never Janie). As though Zora Neale Hurston had to be demeaned in order to make Richard Wright look good. If anything she was more inventive and radical with her language, paving the path of a more honest kind of self expression in writers of color.
monideepa says:

13/11/2009 at 1:32 PM

Very interesting. Why did women writers of yore have to use male pen names? You rightly say that there is room for multiple views and ideas. But prejudices have always ruled the roost. Most people do not really care to think for themselves and probe deeper. It’s true about reading and writing too. They are content to take their cues from an acceptable ‘somebody else.’ So a woman in jeans may find herself and her ideas out of place in more traditional gatherings. In fact, her dress may set her apart and create a subconscious impact on their reactions to her.

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