The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political
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Paulomi Chakraborty
The author offers a close reading of two novels—Jyotirmoyee Devi’s Epar Ganga, Opar Ganga and Sabitri Roy’s Swalipi—as well as Ritwik Ghatak’s film Meghe Dhaka Tara to reflect on gender politics within Left movements, the Partition of Bengal and the experience of women refugees in East and West Bengal, and their representation in cultural narratives.
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