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Discrimination and abuse against women in West Bengal: A study on selected Bengali short story

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Saikat Routh,Saikat Routh
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.7.2024.1096- 1104

Abstract

Violence against women and girl is a common phenomenon in orthodox Indian society. Women are taught to endure torture from a young age. Surprisingly they have no age to accept this torture; as a daughter, as a sister, as a wife, as a mother, as a neighbour or even as a stranger, they easily reach the limits of oppression. Since then, the central and state government and NGOs have started to take numerous steps to eradicate this crime, but it not only continues to persist in the society but it also increasing over time. As we all know, literature is the mirror of society. Therefore, it is natural that the nature of the oppression of women over the ages will be reflected in the mirror of literature. All these exploited-tortured women of Bengal come up in Bengali short stories from this source. On the other hand, Bengali storytellers have also told the readers about the sufferings of women with great emotion, and have also highlighted the reasons for the condition. This study confirms that most of the Bengali women face some sort of violence in her whole life; sometime they experience multiple types of violence which is truly reflect on Bengali short story as document of life.

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