The many voices of women protesting against the rise of power and patriarchal domination: ami bachte chai/ ক্ষমতা ও পুরুষতান্ত্রিক আধিপত্যের উত্তরণে প্রতিবাদী নারীর বহুস্বর : আমি বাঁচতে চাই

Abstract

Every human being has an equal right to live in a healthy society regardless of gender.  In the Vedic period, the status of women was paramount in the society. As the civilization progressed, the male power gradually took away that dominance. As a result, the dignity and prestige of women has gradually decreased. Due to the fact that Abhaman has been crushed till now, they have finally come together and started protesting loudly. The famous French thinker and novelist Simon de Beauvais's revolutionary comment comes to mind in this regard - 'Nobody is born a woman, society makes her a woman'. What should be done and what should not be done since childhood, women are bound by restrictions. A long time ago, Aristotle said that the virtue of men is in eloquence and the glory of women in silence. Although in today's world this comment is quite childish. Most patriarchal societies desire this silent woman; there is no doubt about that even now. However, there is no hesitation in saying this, standing against the trend, prominent feminist men have also demanded women's fair rights, such as Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Robbins, Dorothy Richardson, Rebecca West, etc. According to Wolf - "All injustice to women is the celebration of patriarchal cruelty". Maggie Hume calls upon women to be supremely independent, remembering the eternal difference between men and women. Although conscious men are not silent spectators. They also need cooperation to push the monopoly of patriarchal society.  When a man is able to understand the interaction of both men and women in the society, a healthy society will be developed. On that day, women will not have to fight for their own rights. Women never demand the superiority of society, expect only the respect they deserve.

          Four women are oppressed in different ways in the book ‘Aami Vakhte Chai’ by Sahityabaridhi Tapan Banerjee. Parni is raped, Sucharita is abused, Ipsita is bullied and the trio is a victim of eve-teasing lust. None of them have crouched in the eyes of power, have not hidden in the house, have not bowed their heads; rather, it has roared against injustice. The help of law has been taken to punish the culprits. They have continued their struggle in the face of various adversities. Many efforts have been made to stifle everyone's protest by a group of authoritarian money-grubbing interests. The criminal's guilt has been proven - the guilty have finally been punished. A group of people with good sense has come to their side. Women have stood up and shown that they do not compromise with power and 'women are not losers'.