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Volume 18:9 September 2018
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Marginalization and Fundamentalism in Imtiaz Dharker’s
I Speak for the Devil

Dr. Honey Singhal, B.D.S., M.A., Research Scholar
Dr. Sujata, Ph.D.


Courtesy: https://www.amazon.com/I-Speak-Devil-Imtiaz-Dharker/dp/1852245697

Abstract

Dharker’s poetry seems to be a reflection of her own life. Her real-life exposure is very much visible in her multi-faceted poetry. Recurrent themes found in her works make her a global poet. Her poetry delivers expression of freedom, geographical and cultural displacement, journeying, search for identity, diaspora, religious strife and feminism. Dharker has implemented her artistic side in her poetry to make it even more vivid. She has presented poetry in a pictorial way with her sketches which run parallel to the themes of the poems. Feeling of rootlessness, lack of freedom in speech, identity crisis, religious anomalies etc. are sensed in her poems in her third book I speak for the devil (2001). Her own revolutionary journey is a unique example for her readers as she raises her voice against stubborn principles of religion. She sends a message that women themselves need to rise and rebel against the bias and brutality extended by gender diplomacy. Her concentration remained on marginalized Muslim women, but her exasperation and outrage against the unjust treatment of women is all-embracing women in general too.

Keywords: Imtiaz Dharker, I Speak for the Devil, fundamentalism, gender studies, cultural myths, women liberation, patriarchy.

Dharker’s Artistic Sketches

Dharker maneouvers her poetic skills and artistic sketches to encase the persecution and pain of women inflicted by male hegemonic leadership. Researcher Radhika Wasson writes regarding Dharker’s insight about her imagery. Dharker herself says, “Everything starts with the image: sometimes as the line of a poem, sometimes as something I see as a visual, a drawing. No, that’s not always true. Sometimes a poem can start with an idea and that can in turn spark off a drawing.”

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Author
Dr. Honey Singhal, B.D.S., M.A. Research Scholar
Department of English, FMEH
MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana
dr.honeysinghal@gmail.com

Co-author
Dr. Sujata, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Department of English, FMEH
MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana

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