Feminism

  • A Psychological Reading of ‘Streer Patra’ by Rabindranath Tagore         

    The Wife’s Letter [Streer Patra] by Tagore is a feminist expression of a women’s predicament along with bitterness with her life. If you read the story, you will find that there are layers of issues more important than what you come upon at first reading. It is a reflection of society’s oppression to females, especially

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  • FEMINISM IN TAGORE’S NOVEL CHOKHER BALI -A GRAIN OF SAND

      When I selected Feminism as my topic for M.Phil. studies, I focused towards western feminism because my social acclimatizing made me look towards the Western literature for progressive thinking.  But I found western feminism not to be universal in its scope. Though it was exclusive in itself, it was more tuned to the western

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  • Matriarchal Social Systems – the answer to Gender Equality and Feminism?

    Matriarchy is a societal arrangement where females hold the main supremacy situations in roles of political headship, ethical power, societal honour and control of property. Matrilineal Societies Matrilinear societies in India have occurred since primeval eras. Many tribes still exercise the matrilinear community growth while others have merged under the male-controlled arrangement of our country

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  • THE CONCEPT OF TRUE FEMINISM

    What is Feminism Feminism in easy language means equality amongst the genders. What does not put up with the patriarchal construct is Feminism. Sex is biological but gender is social. It is not just about women but also men. We have to take into account that not all women are feminists and not all men are

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