Analysis Of The Weave Of My Life By Urmila Pawar

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Urmila Pawar [1945- ]Born and brought up in Kokan, Maharastra and well known for her short story writings in Marathi literature is a prominent literary personality. She has established herself after Shantabai Gokhale, Daya Pawar and Baby Kamble and as one of the prominent voice of Dalit literature. Today she is considered as a feminist writer and leader of Women’s liberation movement. Her memoir ‘Aaidan’ was published in the year 2003 and was translated by Dr. Maya Pandit as ‘The Weave of my life: A Dalit woman’s Memoir’. The word ‘Aaidan’ means weaving of cane baskets. She belongs to Mahar community where weaving of cane baskets was the main economic activity. Pawar writes, “My mother used to weave Aaidan and I was writing this book, both were activities of creation of thought and practical reality of life.” Pawar has described very minute details regarding exploitation and oppression faced by girl child and women. “The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoir” is characterized by a bold, honest and frank statement of a Dalit woman 's experiences and her work reflects the difficulties of being a Dalit woman.

Omprakash Valmiki(30 June 1950 – 17 November 2013)was also a dalit writer and known for his autobiography Joothan: A Dalit’s Life. Valmiki was born in Barla village in Muzzafarnagar district of UP. Joothan: A Dalit 's Life by Omprakash Valmiki was first published in Hindi in 1997 and translated into English by ArunPrabha Mukherjee in 2003. Joothan refers to the