His poems are a direct attack on the present power structure. Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar and Rohith Vemula. Vimal Kumar dedicates his poetry collection Hatya Se Atmhatya Tak to the memory of Govind Pansare, M.M. Interestingly, the voice of resistance is more direct in poetry this year. Growing intolerance finds fantastic treatment in Purushottam Agrawal’s novel Nakohas, his imagined National Commission For Hurt Sentiments could easily be a reality in the present scenario. The political debates of the times have also found their space in this years writing. In Hridayesh Joshi’s novel Laal Lakeer focused on naxalism, the protagonist is a girl who has been raped and tortured, but fights a tough and humane battle in the war zone that is Bastar. This is a (perhaps unconscious) reminder that woman also make up the marginalised and oppressed class with Dalits, Adivasis and other minorities. Sometimes it comes as a sub-plot, other times it is a part of the central theme.
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It is heartening to see that the themes of sexual assault and gender injustice is addressed recurrently in contemporary Hindi writing. She later fights a fierce battle against this ‘religious’ practice to save her daughter from the same agony.
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The brutality is intensified by her sunnat. It presents a horrifying tale of a newlywed woman Mahra, who is brutally raped by her husband on their wedding night. Jayshri Roy in her novel Dardja addresses the issue of female genital mutilation or sunnat in Muslim women. It also answered the general complaint that the space for Muslim characters has been reducing continuously in Hindi writing.Īnother novel this year one was centred around Muslim characters. The book is about the brutal suppression of woman under the garb of a social practice sanctioned by religion. But this novel is not written for the political debate. Bhagwandass Morwal’s novel Halala raises the burning issue of Halala – a practice prevalent in sections of the Muslim community and being discussed these days as a part of the debate on triple talaq. It’s more than a simple satirical piece Subeer is able to juxtapose the irony of the festival and the tragedy of a farmer. As the name suggests, a festival is being arranged despite the ongoing drought because otherwise designated funds will lapse. Akaal Men Utsava by Pankaj Subeer is one such novel.
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A number of novels have traced and addressed the issues of communities that are gradually being pushed towards the margins. The impact of these changing sensibilities can easily be seen in the literary works written in 2016.