Identity and Self-Representation in Taslima Nasrin’s My Girlhood and Bama’s Karukku

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L. S. Shanthi, Mary Thomas

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Taslima Nasrin and Bama are fascinated by the dilemmas women face in various facets of their existence. Even though each writer has their unique strategies for tapping the possibilities of the issue, they all share deep concerns and a desire to see women empowered and outspoken. Bama and Nasrin came from extremely different backgrounds and had quite different formative influences in their lives. My Girlhood, by Taslima Nasrin, is about the increasing awareness of gender subordination and female abuse in Bangladesh. My Girlhood is about a young girl’s search for her personal space. Taslima Nasrin’s search for love and independence leads her to a new understanding of being a woman. Dalits may gain economic power, yet their Dalitness follows them till death. They are not socially regarded as equal human beings by the upper castes. In her autobiography, Bama addresses the issue of Dalit identity at various points in her life. The article’s main purpose is to study the diagram of Identity and Self-Representation in Taslima Nasrin’s My Girlhood and Bama’s Karukku.

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