The Atypical Tale Of A Typical Indian Woman

The Atypical Tale of a Typical Indian Woman is a book for empowering women. This book strives to make women look at themselves differently!It urges women to recognize their inner strengths and appreciate themselves for what they are doing. This book draws attention to the fact that women empowerment is more of an inside job than outside one. The author emphasizes on the fact that women's empowerment begins at home. It begins with the family celebrating the birth of a daughter and cherishing her.The tale of an Indian woman becomes Atypical because of the challenges an Indian woamn faces in her life. The author believes that the life of an Indian woman is challenging because she faces judgement, abuse, bullying, criticizm, She is questioned for every step she takes. The Indian society has created a never-ending list of expectations from an Indian woman. At every stage in life she has a different set of norms that she has to subscribe to.Most Indian women try hard to live by whatever is expected of them. In the process they forget to take care of their needs and their goals. And, then they begin to doubt their worth. The author lays stress on the aspects of self-care and self-empowerment for women. If a women wants to spend a life of respect and dignity, she must respect herself! The author has suggested some simple tips that are easy to implement for women to empower themselves. She insists that it is only when a woman is empowerd that she can lead a fulfilled life and take care of others around her.

This is not just my story or a story of an independent-minded Indian woman called Anuja. The story comprises composite characters, including the first person, made up with combination of lives of some remarkable persons that I have met during so many years. I have used these composite characters to illustrate the theme, that is, the influence of changing circumstances with changing times on an Indian woman’s life, which may not necessarily represent a typical or generalized specimen. Over the centuries, the Indian society has cast a woman in a submissive and self-sacrificing role. On the other hand, men have been accepted as the masters and providers and, perhaps, even if they are susceptible to impropriety, worthy of compassion, and always deserving attention and loyalty from the women. Leading men with authority and writers of scriptures have made such a convenient division! In the changing world, it seems unjust that the abilities and ambitions of women should be constrained in such old fashioned ways. I hope that women in India can try hard to achieve their goals, even if their actions may not comply with traditions.

To commemorate fifty years of Independence in the subcontinent it seems appropriate to cut across the borders which separate Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. This book is a collection of outstanding essays, containing 45 black and white photographs, includes contributions by authors and artists from all three countries of the subcontinent.

" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

This book presents a compilation of chapters relating to the socio-cultural experiences of Malaysian Indian women. It includes a historical background covering Indian women’s migration to Malaya, and explores the lived realities of contemporary Indian women who are members of this minority ethnic group in the country. The authors cover a wide range of issues such as gender inequality, poverty, the involvement of women in performing arts, work, inter‐personal relationships, and well-being and happiness, drawing on substantial empirical data through a gendered lens. This book addresses the gap in the intersectional gender studies literature on minority groups of women in Malaysia, while simultaneously highlighting the multiple forms of subordination minority women - particularly Indian women - experience in society, including those that arise from gender‐ethnic intersectionality. In examining the case of Indian women in Malaysia, it also speaks to and enriches existing literature on the lives of minority groups of women in the Global South more broadly This anthology is beneficial to researchers and students in the social sciences, particularly in disciplines related to gender studies and minority studies. In addition, it is also useful for policy makers and social activists working with minority women in the Global South.

This book offers captivating insights into the interaction between the Indian and the American cultural worlds. A fascinating work of research, it illustrates an extraordinary capacity to employ the details of literary texts as significant clues in understanding the configuration of transcultural identities. The book constructs an exciting dialogue between complex theoretical notions and the vibrant fictional worlds populated by Indian, American and European characters. Its original and multi-layered approach illustrates how complex theories of culture can help the reader understand contemporary processes of migration, cultural change and gender identity that interfere with daily life.

This book locates spatial dimensions possible for a global identity, while incorporating the presence of collaborative and contentious religious, psycho-social and physical borders. It highlights the significance of space in the construction of racial, gender, religious, cultural idiosyncrasies where private and public space projects the power mechanisms which allocate borders. The literary narratives discussed in this collection project a trajectory of voices of the East and West, male and female, crossing boundaries between identity, race, gender and class. The book proffers that spatial borders are social constructs to propagate the power mechanisms of hierarchical structures, defying imbrications, explored here, which may be used to reflect diversity as a model for global space. These explorations are journeys back and forth in time and space towards hierarchies formed through the imposition of borders defining race, gender and power which may be considered ‘post’ in the postmodern, postcolonial, post 9/11, post-secular and postfeminist senses.