Cats Eye
Indian Streams Reserach Journal
Vol.2,Issue.II/March ; 12pp.1-4
Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble Research Papers
ISSN:-2230-7850
Marginalized Indian women in Inner Courtyard
Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble SMRK BK AK Mahila Mahavidyalaya College Road Nasik – 422005.
Abstract
Inner Courtyard is a large compilation of short stories which is basically based upon the female issues in particular subjugation under the patriarchal order. The stories are written by women about women hailing from all corners of India and Pakistan - Assam to Kerala and Pakistan to Bengal. With the title of the collection, it gives readers an apparent impression about women's freedom radius is only the inner courtyard of house. So is in the Vedas, the Gita and other Hindu religious scriptures, women are posed as the beings of house, crossing the threshold of house is rigorously outlawed. Equality between sexes is beyond imagination.
Education remained a dream for the women and the conception of human beings as morally and intellectually capable of being educated and civilized is refused, and the conviction of the moral and intellectual advancement of humankind would result in greater happiness for everybody is deliberately sidetracked. This and many more lifeblood threads are far stretched and inconsiderate with regard to women and their rights. The book introduces with the first story highlighting this very theme. The editor of the book Laxmi Holmstrom brings out a fabulous collection of short stories from very diverse walks of life dealing each of the stories with single theme of women being marginalized, harassed, humiliated – female discrimination. In this line, many stories are powerful on their own; most have some element that reflects on the position of the society. Male ascendancy is always at honour while female's is at stake. There is a vast disparity between an Indian
woman and that of the developed nations across the world. The female honour and rights rest upon the basics of
Vol.2,Issue.II/March ; 12pp.1-4
Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble Research Papers
ISSN:-2230-7850
Marginalized Indian women in Inner Courtyard
Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble SMRK BK AK Mahila Mahavidyalaya College Road Nasik – 422005.
Abstract
Inner Courtyard is a large compilation of short stories which is basically based upon the female issues in particular subjugation under the patriarchal order. The stories are written by women about women hailing from all corners of India and Pakistan - Assam to Kerala and Pakistan to Bengal. With the title of the collection, it gives readers an apparent impression about women's freedom radius is only the inner courtyard of house. So is in the Vedas, the Gita and other Hindu religious scriptures, women are posed as the beings of house, crossing the threshold of house is rigorously outlawed. Equality between sexes is beyond imagination.
Education remained a dream for the women and the conception of human beings as morally and intellectually capable of being educated and civilized is refused, and the conviction of the moral and intellectual advancement of humankind would result in greater happiness for everybody is deliberately sidetracked. This and many more lifeblood threads are far stretched and inconsiderate with regard to women and their rights. The book introduces with the first story highlighting this very theme. The editor of the book Laxmi Holmstrom brings out a fabulous collection of short stories from very diverse walks of life dealing each of the stories with single theme of women being marginalized, harassed, humiliated – female discrimination. In this line, many stories are powerful on their own; most have some element that reflects on the position of the society. Male ascendancy is always at honour while female's is at stake. There is a vast disparity between an Indian
woman and that of the developed nations across the world. The female honour and rights rest upon the basics of