Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558611886 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pen For Freedom - An Indian Story It was refreshing to read the stories again. I had read them in pieces earlier. Lalithambika Antherjanam shows a rare sensitivity in her stories while portraying the recess of the hindu household, the kitchen and the soul of many antharjanam's(ever inside).The stories are a rare insight into the trauma and agony which results in the silence of the characters which only the Author is able to explain. Many of them bring back memories of an exotic l
It is simultaneously a work of great cultural interest to scholars of social structure and feminism in the Indian subcontinent, a courageous exploration of women's rights, and a work of poignant literary merit."—Sara Suleri Goodyear, founding editor of the Yale Journal of Criticism. "A most welcome publication
"There have been no women in our part of the country whose names posterity found it worthwhile to cherish," writes Lalithambika Antherjanam (1909-1985) in "Come Back", her fictional account of an Indian woman activist's life. This volume includes a selection of her fiction and memoir, which captures early moments in India's nationalist and feminist movements.. This unique collection of short stories and personal memoirs—a compilation representing half a century of writing and activism—is the ideal introduction to one of India's best-loved and foremost feminist authors.Antherjanam was an early feminist of Kerala, at the tip of India's subcontinent, at the beginning of the 20th century. Her family was supportive, encouraging her education and writing, but as a Brahmin woman she was confined to seclusion until her marriage, fortunately arranged to a man sympathetic to her pursuit of women's rights. In Cast Me Out If You Will, however, Antherjanam's stories bring to life the experiences of women living at all levels of Indian society. Antherjanam's stories offer clear-eyed and chilling testimony to the brutal oppression suffered by Indian women "cast out" if they dared to stray from enforced subjugation. From the faithful and devoted nanny of "Wooden Cradles" to the lonely young bride of "In the Moonlight", Antherjanam's char