The Uprooted Vine (Snehalata ba Palita,1892) by by Swarnakumari Debi, translated from Bengali by Rajul Sogani and Indira Gupta, Swarnakumari Debi, Rajul Sogani, Indira Gupta, Svarṇakumārī Debī ISBN 9780195665024, 0195665023 instant download

The Uprooted Vine (Snehalata ba Palita,1892) by by Swarnakumari Debi, translated from Bengali by Rajul Sogani and Indira Gupta, Swarnakumari Debi, Rajul Sogani, Indira Gupta, Svarṇakumārī Debī ISBN 9780195665024, 0195665023 instant download

\"The Uprooted Vine is an exploration of gender and familial relationships in the changing society of nineteenth-century Bengal. It focuses on the vulnerable position of the child widow, Snehalata, dependent on the charity of her relatives, whose struggle for survival and dignity is repeatedly compromised by her lack of personal independence.\" \"As an orphan, her guardian Jagat Babu is unable to shield her from his domineering wife. As a young bride and widow, she has to face the hostility of her in-laws who wish to deprive her of her rightful share in the family property. Even Jiban, her husband's cousin, who adores her and gives her shelter in his house, is unable to save her from the ultimate tragedy.\" \"Snehalata's suicide is an outcry against the treatment she has received from her family and from Charu, her beloved friend, for whose sake she went into involuntary exile.\"--BOOK JACKET Debri's social novel was brought out serially in Bharati between 1889 and 1891. It takes up the cause of the victims of the Hindu patriarchal system,: the daughters, widows and poor dependents in the joint family who were deprived of their rights, exploited as domestic drudges and marginalized to the extent of being denied shelter and maintenance. Jagatchandra Gangopadhyay is a prosperous gentleman.