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Combo Set Of 3 Books: Didi : Nirupama Devi | Courting Hindustan | Draupadi: The Tale of an Empress
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Rupa Publications
| Author:
Nirupama Devi | Madhur Gupta | Saiswaroopa Iyer
| Language:
English
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Omnibus/Box Set (Paperback)
Publisher:
Rupa Publications
Author:
Nirupama Devi | Madhur Gupta | Saiswaroopa Iyer
Language:
English
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- Didi : Nirupama Devi :- Legendary writer Nirupama Devi’s Didi is the story of a diligent, assertive and capable woman who, according to her own admission, loves to be in charge of things. Surama can take responsibilities and deliver on them as creditably as the chief executive officer of a large company. Yet, for her husband, she is only a co-wife. As divorce did not feature as an option (Didi was published in Bengali in 1915, years before divorce was legalized by the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955), Surama’s challenge is to lead a fulfilled life within the parameters of her weird circumstances. To complicate matters, Surama continues to love her husband, though she tries hard to hate him. In fact, there is no villain in the story. Even Amar, who brings home a younger woman as his second wife, is gentle and benevolent. The novelist, very convincingly, makes him a victim of circumstances. The second wife, Charu, a child-woman when the story begins, is extremely fond of her Didi, Surama. The friendship of the two wives of one man forms the fulcrum of the narrative. Consisting of strong sub-plots, one of which depicts the painful process by which a young widow sublimates her sexuality and submits herself to God, the only way of living allowed to her by the society of her time, Didi is a reminder why society needed to change for women to live their lives with dignity.
- Courting Hindustan :- In ancient India, women competed to win the title of Nagarvadhu, quite literally the town’s consort. For certain temple worship (Agamas), dance and music were necessary ingredients. The women artists dedicated to the worship—Devadasis and Maharis—had a high rank and dignity in society. Tawaifs were central to Mughal court culture from the sixteenth century. It is also believed that young heirs were sent to courtesans to learn ‘tameez’ and ‘tehzeeb’, including the appreciation of good music and literature. Courting Hindustan is a deeply researched, elegantly crafted portrait of some of the most intriguing women figures practising traditional Indian entertainment art forms such as, music, dance and poetry. It relives 2,500 golden years of women being elite traditional performers and how, over the centuries, they have captured the imagination of the country and the world at large, their art and lives being a complex response to social forces and cultural conditions. Courting Hindustan delves into the scintillating world of courtesans who went on to become empresses, queens, prima donnas, pioneer filmmakers, music directors, ace dancers and so much more. Many of them went on to rule kingdoms, enjoyed positions of great power; many were venerated by governments and yet they lived on the fringes of society. In many ways, these were women, first of their kind, to survive an entrenched patriarchal society and break the chains imposed on them, paving the way for generations of women to come and conquer.
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- Didi : Nirupama Devi :- Legendary writer Nirupama Devi’s Didi is the story of a diligent, assertive and capable woman who, according to her own admission, loves to be in charge of things. Surama can take responsibilities and deliver on them as creditably as the chief executive officer of a large company. Yet, for her husband, she is only a co-wife. As divorce did not feature as an option (Didi was published in Bengali in 1915, years before divorce was legalized by the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955), Surama’s challenge is to lead a fulfilled life within the parameters of her weird circumstances. To complicate matters, Surama continues to love her husband, though she tries hard to hate him. In fact, there is no villain in the story. Even Amar, who brings home a younger woman as his second wife, is gentle and benevolent. The novelist, very convincingly, makes him a victim of circumstances. The second wife, Charu, a child-woman when the story begins, is extremely fond of her Didi, Surama. The friendship of the two wives of one man forms the fulcrum of the narrative. Consisting of strong sub-plots, one of which depicts the painful process by which a young widow sublimates her sexuality and submits herself to God, the only way of living allowed to her by the society of her time, Didi is a reminder why society needed to change for women to live their lives with dignity.
- Courting Hindustan :- In ancient India, women competed to win the title of Nagarvadhu, quite literally the town’s consort. For certain temple worship (Agamas), dance and music were necessary ingredients. The women artists dedicated to the worship—Devadasis and Maharis—had a high rank and dignity in society. Tawaifs were central to Mughal court culture from the sixteenth century. It is also believed that young heirs were sent to courtesans to learn ‘tameez’ and ‘tehzeeb’, including the appreciation of good music and literature. Courting Hindustan is a deeply researched, elegantly crafted portrait of some of the most intriguing women figures practising traditional Indian entertainment art forms such as, music, dance and poetry. It relives 2,500 golden years of women being elite traditional performers and how, over the centuries, they have captured the imagination of the country and the world at large, their art and lives being a complex response to social forces and cultural conditions. Courting Hindustan delves into the scintillating world of courtesans who went on to become empresses, queens, prima donnas, pioneer filmmakers, music directors, ace dancers and so much more. Many of them went on to rule kingdoms, enjoyed positions of great power; many were venerated by governments and yet they lived on the fringes of society. In many ways, these were women, first of their kind, to survive an entrenched patriarchal society and break the chains imposed on them, paving the way for generations of women to come and conquer.
About Author
Nirupama Devi :- Nirupama Devi was part of a new breed of women writers who were winning the hearts of readers in the late nineteenth-century Bengal. Her most productive years as a writer were between 1913 and 1927. Her major novels and novellas include Annapurnar Mandir (1913), Aleya (1917), Shyamali (1919) and Bidhilipi (1919). Didi, her longest and most critically acclaimed novel, was originally published in 1915. Shyamali, depicting the life of a deaf and dumb girl, was adapted into a play and created a stir. Nirupama Devi passed away on 7
Madhur Gupta :- Madhur Gupta is one of the leading Odissi dance maestros of his generation. The Indian Express has hailed Gupta as one of the few male artists (in a field mostly dominated by women), who not only pursued Indian classical dance with devotion but also excelled at it. Beginning his initial training in Kathak with a maestro like Padma Vibhushan awardee Pandit Birju Maharaj, he was strongly drawn towards Odissi as his life’s calling.
br>Sais waroopa Iyer :- Sais waroopa Iyer holds an MBA from IIT Kharagpur and has worked as an investment professional before turning to her passion of storytelling. Her love for epics, P uranas and philosophy made her become a full-time author. She has earlier authored three novels, all based on strong female characters from the ancient past of India. She also holds a certificate in P uranas from Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. She lives in Bangalore.
Madhur Gupta :- Madhur Gupta is one of the leading Odissi dance maestros of his generation. The Indian Express has hailed Gupta as one of the few male artists (in a field mostly dominated by women), who not only pursued Indian classical dance with devotion but also excelled at it. Beginning his initial training in Kathak with a maestro like Padma Vibhushan awardee Pandit Birju Maharaj, he was strongly drawn towards Odissi as his life’s calling.
br>Sais waroopa Iyer :- Sais waroopa Iyer holds an MBA from IIT Kharagpur and has worked as an investment professional before turning to her passion of storytelling. Her love for epics, P uranas and philosophy made her become a full-time author. She has earlier authored three novels, all based on strong female characters from the ancient past of India. She also holds a certificate in P uranas from Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. She lives in Bangalore.
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