Hajar Churashir Maa
Hajar Churashir Maa (No. 1084's Mother) is a
Overview
Hajar Churashir Maa (means Mother of 1084) is story of a mother (Sujata) whose son (Brati), corpse number 1084
Characters
- Sujata: Main protagonist and a modern strong mother.
- Brati: Rebel and son of Sujata.[8]
- Dibyanath: Husband of Sujata and seen as same type of people against whom Brati fought.
- Nandini : girlfriend of Brati
Film adaptation
Govind Nihalani made this novel to a film called Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa in 1998.[1][4][5]Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
Award
Mahasweta Devi got the Jnanpith Award in 1996 for this book,[5][9] which she received from South African freedom fighter and president Nelson Mandela.[10]
- ISBN 8184370555 (Karuna Prakashani, Kolkata-9)
References
- ^ a b "'Through her writing, you get to hear the voice of a community that is otherwise voiceless'". Rediff news. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- The Telegraph. Published Sunday, 5 February 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ^ a b THE SIXTY-YEAR JOURNEY: BHASHA LITERATURE The Hindu. Published Sunday, 7 March 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ^ a b Hajar Churashir Maa Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ^ a b c Of death and resurrection Rediff news. Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ^ Mahasweta Devi. Hajar Churashir Maa.Karuna Prakashani (1974) p 31.
- ^ Bengali Books Online. Author Profile - Mahasweta Devi Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 July 2012
- ^ Women and Violence by Sudeshna Chakravarti Book review of Women Writing Violence: The Novel and Radical Feminist Imaginaries. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol - XLIX No. 3, 18 January 2014
- ^ JNANPITH LAUREATES Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 July 2012
- ^ Mandela presents Jnanpith award to Mahasveta Devi The Times of India. Published 29 March 1997. Record Number : A0080925. Retrieved 18 July 2012
- ^ Hajaar Churasir Maa(Hardcover, Bengali) Flipkart.com. Retrieved 18 July 2012
External links
- Biography of Mahasweta Devi Retrieved 17 July 2012
- Emory University English department emory.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2012
- One Of A Rare Tribe outlookindia.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012
- Roy, Pinaki. "Mother of 1084: A Chronicle of Deadly Times". Mahasweta Devi's 'Mother of 1084': Critical Readings and Rereadings. Eds. Sarkar, J., and S. Debnath. ISBN 978-93-81672-54-9). pp. 45–56.
- Roy, Pinaki. "Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084: Rereading the Narrative of Protest". Labyrinth (I.S.S.N. 0976-0814), 4 (4), October 2013: 12-22
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000127/http://www.thelabyrinthjournal.com/pdfs/Labyrinth%20ISSN%200976-0814%20Vol.4%20No.4.pdf)