Papers by Prakruthi Badrinath
Mythology has always been a part of our collective unconsciousness. It has and will always rule o... more Mythology has always been a part of our collective unconsciousness. It has and will always rule our values and belief system. As Roland Barthes says in his Mythologies, myth is a special form of the myth told with an intention. The famous epics of India, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are always used to present the quintessential woman so that the patriarchal norms are maintained. However, rewriting the mythology has been an effective tool of feminists to subvert the ideas of the ideal woman. In this regard, the paper will study Kavita Kane's Sita's Sister. Urmila, is the most unheard character of the Ramayana. She is always accused of not accompanying her husband, unlike Sita. Sita's sister presents the Ramayana from Urmila's perspective. The paper will compare Sita and Urmila and shows how patriarchy rejects characters like Urmila who does not conform to its rules. The rewriting gives voice to the unheard and marginalised Urmila and present her in a very different perspective.
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Papers by Prakruthi Badrinath