Heisnam Kanhailal’s Draupadi (2000): A Contemporary Performative Appropriation of the Women’s Question

Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi’s short story “Draupadi” (1978), one that has found a place in all the major collections on women’s writing in India, pitted against the Naxalite rebellion in the late 1960s in the Naxalbari area in West Bengal contextualizes and contemporanizes Draupadi’s public disrob...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saptaparna Roy
Format: Article
Language:Bengali
Published: Supriyo Chakraborty, Penprints Publication 2019-12-01
Series:Litinfinite
Subjects:
Online Access:https://f60.2be.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/Samipendra-Banerjee.pdf