LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 7 July 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Deconstructing Power Structures in Premchand’s “Thakur’s Well”

Ashok Verma
Gulab Singh

Denial of Place and Rights for Dalits and Women in Indian Society

One of the most significant achievements of the 20th century in the Indian context has been the ever growing consciousness for and the resultant recognition of the rights of those who had for centuries been living on the margins after having been pushed out of the mainstream of society by the prevailing power structures. Since Indian society has been patriarchal for centuries, women were denied treatment on a par with the males and hence remained on the margins. Similarly, the Dalits were reduced to a sub-human level because of the rigid varna system. Both these sections of the Indian society were systematically denied their rights and choices and were relegated to the marginal position.

Though there has been considerable change for the better in recent times, their journey from marginality to centrality is still on. One thing common about their pitiful plight is the existing power structures. They have been made to suffer because of their peripheral existence. Since the power/authority is not in their hands, they face exploitation at the hands of those who control power.

Deconstruction of the Power Structures – Prem Chand’s “Thakur’s Well”

The purpose of this research paper is to deconstruct the power structures in Premchand’s story “Thakur’s Well”. The story exhibits the writer’s deft handling of the problem of untouchability in a short, terse narrative. The entire social hierarchy, the exploitation of one section by the other simply because of its privileged position, various levels of exploitation – all have been put into a single narrative.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Ashok Verma
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan,
Sonipat (Haryana) -131305
Haryana
India
ashokgverma@gmail.com

Gulab Singh
Dean
Faculty of Arts and Languages
Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan,
Sonipat (Haryana) -131305
Haryana, India
gulabchillar@gmail.com





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