Decoding the Subaltern Voice

The book aims at an evaluation of contribution of Mahasweta Devi to Indian society which is characterised by inequality and differences. Mahasweta has portrayed the stark realities of the phenomena of marginalisation, where she also makes the marginalised, stand and resist eventually to assert and to voice themselves. The book also postulates the hypothesis by substantiating her allegiance to the postcolonial theories postulated by Edward Said,Homi K. Bhabha, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Her fictional writings are viewed from the perspective of the major postcolonial concepts that emerge as typical postcolonial narratives. The book points to the fact that Mahasweta is a realist and also shows she uses traditional myths to her advantage.