Review Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 347-351
Concern of Bishnu Prasad Rabha for the Emancipation and Development of Indian Women: an Analytical Study of Rabha’s Works
Dr. Jayanta Pathok
Assistant Professor, Department of Assamese, NEF College, Guwahati, Assam, India
ABSTRACT
Bishnu Prasad Rabha (1909-1969) is an eminent revolutionary leader, cultural figure and a pioneer in the field of Assamese literature, music and art. Rabha examined that women in contemporary Assam and in India had been relegated to the lowest position by religion, the society, the politician and the government. He intensely realized that without the all-round progress of the Assamese women in particular and the Indian women in general, the normal momentum of the society was impossible to attain. In his essays Rabha shed light on the condition of Indian women and tried to identify ways that would ensure the emancipation of Indian women. Rabha observed that the unjust social regulations in the Indian society curbed the freedom of the women and crippled them. Further, Rabha’s writings are of value in the theoretical scrutiny of Feminism. Rabha illuminated on the condition of Indian women through a comparative study of the Indian women and the women from the Soviet Union.
Key words: Women, Feminism, Society, Gender Biasness, Emancipation
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