Politico-cultural Consciousness in Mahasweta Devi's The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh
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This research explores the oppressive politico-cultural practices and
consciousness of lower caste to oppose it in Mahasweta Devi's The Glory of Sri Sri
Ganesh (2003). As a renowned Bengali writer for marginal, Devi often reflects
oppression of the elite and resistance of the oppressed people. As this notion, Devi
has portrayed a harsh reality of then Hindu feudal society in which lower caste and
class people face extreme exploitation of upper caste landlords. Characters from
lower caste like Lachhima, Rukmani, Haroa, Dusad and Bhangi are living in the
miserable condition with little or no property in the oppressive Hindu society, the
Barha village. Finally,they jointly struggle against domination of the potent and
authoritarian Hindu feudal ruling system after they perceive their socio-economic
conditionand exploitation of the upper caste landlords, especially Ganesh Singh. For
this idea, this research applies B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Casteand ideas of
Educate, Agitate, and Organize. Overall, the idea related with the caste
consciousness and resistance has been framed as the theoretical insights.
Key Words: Exploitation, Politico-cultural, Consciousness,Caste, Resistance