Inner Line: The Zubaan Book of Stories by Indian WomenUrvashi Butalia Zubaan, 2006 - 243 páginas This anthology testifies to women`s many concerns, whether witht a way of life, or with being caught inside the fur walls of the home, or in a relationship with someone other than the husband, or being caught at the intersection of many forces within a situation of political violence and armed conflict. In one way or another the woman`s body becomes a site upon which many battles take place; for control, for power, for progeny, but there is seldom a resolution in which the women remains a mere victim, or more acted upon than acting. Whether she is in the palaces of the gods, or caught in the body of snake, or speaking through the spirit of the countrside which witnessed her rape, the woman`s voice is unique, singular and in each story, different. While this gives substance to the cliche that India is a countr where many and varied realities exist simultaneously, it gives the lie to the cliche that all women speak with a sameness and a commonality of experiences. |
Índice
Incantations | 1 |
The WetNurse | 25 |
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House | 63 |
Thirst | 83 |
The Offspring | 104 |
The Last Song | 121 |
Stains | 133 |
Shashi Deshpande | 155 |
Mayadevis London Yatra | 173 |
Portrait of a Childhood | 189 |
Martand | 209 |
Menaka Tells Her Story | 225 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abhinay Apenyo Arunabha asked Ayah bangle Bari-Jiji bedroom began body Brahmin breasts breath child choli cook Damayanti dark daughter dhoti doctor door Draupadi dream earth eyes face father feeling feet felt girl Gopal hair Halder household Halderbabu Halderginni hands happened head hear heard husband Indian Indra jackfruit Jashoda Jiji Jiji's Kangali Kangalicharan Kishan Kishore kitchen Krishnakanta Kusuma listen lived looked Mahasweta Devi Mala Mousi Malini marriage married Martand Mayadevi Menaka milk Minakshi mind mother Nabin never night Nikhil old lady once pakoras Papaji pappads paratha parents Pitambar priest Radha rain Rina Sangeeta Sarah saree sari silence Simhavahini sister sitting smile snakes stood story suddenly Susheela talk tears tell temple things thought told took tree turned village voice walk wash wet folds wife woman women writing