Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Mahasweta Devi is one of the most prominent and audacious voices in Bangla literature and is probably the most widely translated Indian writer working in a vernacular language. Her writings are mostly based on tribes and tribal life which gives a vivid and accurate description of their world and thoughts. One of the tales from the "Breast Trilogy" in the Breast Tales is "Draupadi". Mahasweta Devi featured in the anthology Agnigarbha (Womb of Fire) brief, loosely related political stories narrating bold and scathing critique of state-sponsored violence. In contrast to Draupadi, the mythical princess, and queen of the Pandavas, who has the protection of the male patriarch against the "vastraharan," Mahasweta Devi’s Dopdi is a subaltern where the state patriarch is instrumental in her "vastraharan" and dishonoring her. Both the story and the character are inspired by myth, but they have been greatly displaced from the original location. In this paper, we will focus on the character of ‘Dopdi’ and see how she fights against all her enemies without any weapon. The paper talks about the relevance of ‘Dopdi’ in the contemporary era and focuses study on examining the similarities and differences between the two 'Draupadi'.