LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 22:3 March 2022
ISSN 1930-2940

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‘Harvest’ as a Metaphor in Padmanabhan’s Harvest

Aditi, Research Scholar


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Literature is a powerful tool of expressing emotions, imparting knowledge, spreading enlightenment, and pouring light on contemporary issues. Literature is just not a freedom of expression but a weapon which has the power to bring change in the society and works as a ‘catalyst’. Literature is the mirror of the society and shows what we have made of it. It is a critique of contemporary issues and agendas. The purpose of literature is to convey message and to make people aware of happenings around them and the best thing about it is that it is done in a lighter manner where people take it up as a source of entertainment and indirectly forces them to think about the evils of society.

There have been various genres of literature, Short Stories and Dramas are some of them. The desire to listen to stories is deeply rooted in human civilization world over. Man, being the social animal, is always interested in other man’s life. This trait of human mind has given birth to the art of story-telling traditions which originally produced epics such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.

When it comes to story-telling, how can women writers lag behind? We all, especially in India, have grown up in the atmosphere of Dadi Nani ki kahaaniyaan. These Kahaniyaan are their accounts of wisdom and experience. Through story-telling they have been inculcating value system in the future generations.

Education and Economic independence have given women the power and self-awareness. Contemporary women writers see their women as individuals, not mere types. Contemporary fiction has changed the paradigms for women and is now a level playing field. But the ride is not that simple as it seems, it comes with its own pitfalls and challenges.

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Aditi, Research Scholar
Baba Mastnath University
Rohtak 124001, Haryana
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