Resistance and Retaliation in Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi

Abstract

Mahasweta Devi, the prominent Bengali author is a champion of the cause of the ‘untouchables. She is disturbed by the means of mortification that the lower stations, particularly the womenfolk are subjected to and she is sickened by the round of legislative issues that attempts to break the soul of people who battle for liberation from subjugation. Through her most dominant work Draupadi, she sets out on a task of showing the stunning substances that occur behind the political and economic iron curtains. The three stories in Breast Stories, in particular, Draupadi, poignantly portray abuse. She condemns the social framework for its commodification of sexuality and senseless male brutality.