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RUDAALI: FILM REVIEW

Originally posted on DishaT:
Rudaali (1993) is a masterpiece directed by Kalpana Lajmi. The movie is based on Mahasweta Devi’s short story of the same name. The film explores themes of gender, caste, and oppression through the story of Shanichari, a rudaali or professional mourner, in a rural village in Rajasthan. The film’s characters are…

REMEMBERING SAVITRIBAI PHULE

Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. Along with her husband, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra, she played an important and vital role in improving women’s rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India’s feminist movement. Savitribai and her husband founded one of the early modernContinue reading “REMEMBERING SAVITRIBAI PHULE”