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Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Introduction to Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories

Breast Stories is a collection of three works by Mahasweta Devi: “Draupadi” (first published in the collection Agnigarbha in 1978), “Stanadayini” (“Breast-giver”) (first published in the collection Stanadayini o Onnanno in 1979), and “Choli ke Pichhe” (“Behind the Bodice”) (first published in the collection Mahasweta Devi-r Panchasti Golpo in 1996). Devi, who was also a social activist, focuses in these works on female subalterns (members of marginalized, often invisible groups) and tells the stories of these ordinary, "little" people that often go untold.

Dopdi of “Draupadi” lives her life in secrecy, leading attacks on wealthy landowners and evading police until Senanayak the elite...

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