Kara japaner Itibrita O Rajnoitik Andolone Nari: Prasanga Jaya Mitrer ‘Hanyaman’/ কারা যাপনের ইতিবৃত্ত ও রাজনৈতিক আন্দোলনে নারী : প্রসঙ্গ জয়া মিত্রের ‘হন্যমান’

Abstract

Author Jaya Mitra is a well-known figure in Bengali literature (1950-). In 20^th-century Bengali literature, Jayamitra first appeared in the 1980s. her practicality and sense of life are very sharp, and she writes with sensitivity. ‘‘All practical experience is written together and the author – the construction of both’’, the author states.

          An Influential development in India’s social and political history was the peasant movement, which began in the West Bengali region of Naxalbari in the seventh decade of the 20^th century. The Naxalite movement is the name of the movement that began when young intellectuals and urban students joined forces to declare jihad against parliamentary politics.

Numerous authors and poets were connected to the Naxalite movement either directly or indirectly. As a result, numerous literary poems, tales, and novels have been created that center on the movement. Jaya Mitra was a direct participant in the movement and was imprisoned in West Bengal for four and a half years during the 1970s. Kashaldharmi wrote novels and stories based on his own experiences living in prison.

            In his writing, a variety of real-world encounters are mentioned at life’s turns. In the turbulent 1970s, Uttal was imprisoned without trial for an extended period of time due to his affiliation with the Naxalite movement within the political Communist Party, despite the country’s modern ideals of self-sacrifice for its citizens. Hanyaman, his memoir about his experiences in prison, was awarded the Anand Award. “The present book is not really a memoir of his personal life, but an immense expression of the meaning of the entire human background beyond the limits of individual suffering,” Amitabh Gupta says about his 1994 film “Hanyaman.”

           Every page of Hanyaman details the ways in which women participated in the Naxal movement, either directly or indirectly. These women’s stories—Ganga, Jayalakshmi, Maya, Hanifa, Itwari—are about life behind bars. Stories about Bapidi, Mala, and Maina are also included. How did each of these women become a criminal or end up in prison? Some of them went years without facing any consequences. According to eyewitness writer Jaya Mitra, although our perception of jails varies from the outside, life inside is very different and, to put it mildly, frightening. You can never imagine if you do not spend a lifetime behind bars.