Women in the short stories of Swarnakumari Devi: Women as seen by a woman/ স্বর্ণকুমারী দেবীর ছোটগল্পের কয়েকজন নারী : নারীর চোখে নারী

Abstract

The social status, personality, dignity, fight for self-respect and many other aspects of women are highlighted in the short stories of Swarnakumari Devi. In different stories, different women characters have become alive in such a way that the readers can feel them as in their everyday lives. In the stories the unbeatable, indomitable but soft and emotional hearts of the female characters are well exposed. These characters are beyond time and limit. The time the stories were composed showing the social status of the women of that time, claims to be innovative indeed. This essay discusses the efforts to express women’s’ suppressed desire which is excellently depicted in the short stories of Swarnakumari Devi.