Body as Battleground: The Postcolonial Women in the Narratives of Mahasweta Devi

Woman comes as major marginalised category among the subaltern groups as she is gendered and suffers exploitation. Patriarchy controls and coordinates her by dominating her body. The very politics of gender begins with woman's body. In the light of post-colonialism the rate of domination is socio-political. Cartelism is an added factor where gender dominations are overtly carried through woman's body