Women Novelist from North East India: A study of Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth and Undertow

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https://doi.org/10.53724/ambition/v7n3.03

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North East, Women, Novelist, Literature, Novels

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The writings from North East India have captured much popularity in contemporary times. The writings with their varied themes of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual cultures have raised curiosity and attracted readers from all over the country and abroad. In the emerging writings from North East India, women novelists have contributed a lot to enrich the literature from different aspects. The women novelists like Easterine Kire, Temsula Ao, Mitra Phukan, Jahnavi Barua, Mamang Dai, and others have enriched the literature of the region with their contributions. The novels produced by these women novelists carry different concerns like love for nature, myth, tradition, culture, conflict, violence, and silenced voices, etc., which are true to the region. This paper attempts to focus on the different themes of Jahnavi Barua’s novels Rebirth and Undertow.

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Barua, Jahnavi. Rebirth. Penguin India Pvt. Ltd 2010. Print.

Barua, Jahnavi. Undertow. Penguin India Pvt. Ltd 2020. Print.

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30-11-2022
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DOI: 10.53724/ambition/v7n3.03
Published: 30-11-2022

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Dr. Firdusa Begum. (2022). Women Novelist from North East India: A study of Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth and Undertow. Research Ambition an International Multidisciplinary E-Journal, 7(III), 05–07. https://doi.org/10.53724/ambition/v7n3.03

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