INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
Scholarly open access journals, Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journals, Impact factor 8.76 (Calculate by google scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool) , Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Indexing in all major database & Metadata, Citation Generator, Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
This Article focuses on the segment of Leukoderma disease which diagnosed Anupama the lead character in Sudha Murthy’s prominent novel Mahashweta. Sudha Murthy is an Engineer and Professor who turned into a writer, activist and has written books that are women centered and also have focused on the societal issues that are been done towards women. Most of her novels are based during the timeline of 1970s – 1990s of India and gives us the view of pre 90’s period of Indian rural and urban society. The cruelty towards the people who are diagnosed with such diseases has been portrayed with the reflection of the protagonist of the novel Anupama. The people with such disease are been excluded from various rituals in the society and the method of discrimination are been a part where diagnosed people aren’t be able to get mingle with the fellow human beings. This disease is a genetically transmitted and doesn’t spread from person to person, despite this the ill treating towards Anupama which lead to a mental pressure and also exclusion from in-law’s house as well also not have been accepted back in her parental home too. This certain disease segment in this novel can have the detailed view point of how the patients diagnosed with Leukoderma are being treated or how they are been treated in the society through the rituals such as marriage, auspicious functions and societal judgments.
Keywords:
Leukoderma, Culture, Rituals, Discrimination and Societal Judgments
Cite Article:
"Leukoderma Patients in the Society with reference to Mahashweta", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.d436-d439, October-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2310355.pdf
Downloads:
000118753
ISSN:
2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
An International Scholarly Open Access Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Refereed Journal Impact Factor 8.76 Calculate by Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool, Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Multilanguage Journal Indexing in All Major Database & Metadata, Citation Generator
Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn