“What is to be done?”: Body Dismemberment, Bonded Prostitution, and Impossible Social Justice in “Douloti the Bountiful” by Mahasweta Devi
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This paper explores Mahasweta Devi, one of the most distinguished Indian writers, and her tragic novella, “Douloti the Bountiful,” in terms of body dismemberment, bonded prostitution, and impossible social justice from a feminist perspective. Revolving around Douloti’s fate as a tribal girl becoming a bonded prostitute, the story set in post-independence India intricately dramatizes how the bonded labor system deteriorates tribal life and communities. More specifically, “Douloti the Bountiful” consists of seven units which narrate the generational sufferings of a bonded laborer Ganori Nagesia Crook Nagesia and his daughter Douloti whose bodies are savagely exploited and dismembered. The sympathetic portrayals of the tribal father and daughter as subjugated bonded slaves represent social injustice and ongoing struggles the tribals have faced. In a word, in “Douloti the Bountiful,” as a socially conscious writer, Devi not only raises public awareness to prevalent social oppression and racial violence inflicted on the subaltern tribals but also crystalizes her indomitable involvement as a social activist for freedom and equality of the underprivileged people systematically victimized and continuously entrapped in the bonded slavery in Nation-state India.
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This paper explores Mahasweta Devi, one of the most distinguished Indian writers, and her tragic novella, “Douloti the Bountiful,” in terms of body dismemberment, bonded prostitution, and impossible social justice from a feminist perspective. Revolving around Douloti’s fate as a tribal girl becoming a bonded prostitute, the story set in post-independence India intricately dramatizes how the bonded labor system deteriorates tribal life and communities. More specifically, “Douloti the Bountiful” consists of seven units which narrate the generational sufferings of a bonded laborer Ganori Nagesia Crook Nagesia and his daughter Douloti whose bodies are savagely exploited and dismembered. The sympathetic portrayals of the tribal father and daughter as subjugated bonded slaves represent social injustice and ongoing struggles the tribals have faced. In a word, in “Douloti the Bountiful,” as a socially conscious writer, Devi not only raises public awareness to prevalent social oppression and racial violence inflicted on the subaltern tribals but also crystalizes her indomitable involvement as a social activist for freedom and equality of the underprivileged people systematically victimized and continuously entrapped in the bonded slavery in Nation-state India.
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