In this frank and intimate memoir, she not only shares her tireless effort to surmount hideous personal tragedy but also conveys the excitement of an awakening consciousness during a time of profound political and social change. Though she writes in Marathi, Pawar has found fame in all of India. She eventually left Konkan for Mumbai, where she fought for Dalit rights and became a major figure in the Dalit literary movement.

Dalit writers unite individuals with a larger Dalit community to create a powerful group which is used to fight against caste discrimination and patriarchal system. The Weave of My Life being an autobiographical account drawn from Urmila Pawar’s lived experiences through her childhood in the village and her adult life in an urban setting does complete justice in providing a nuanced sketch of the triple burden of patriarchal views, caste bias, and economic vulnerability faced by Dalit women. The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoir is characterized by a bold, honest and frank statement of a Dalit woman s experiences and her work reflects the difficulties of being a Dalit woman. Maya Pandit as The Weave of my life: A Dalit womans Memoir. Sharmila Rege has referred to Urmila’s The Weave of My Life as a testimonio. Pawar has described very minute details regarding exploitation and oppression faced by girl child and women. Pawar grew up on the rugged Konkan coast, near Mumbai, where the Mahar Dalits were housed in the center of the village so the upper castes could summon them at any time. Urmila Pawars an autobiography AAYADAN was published in the year.

Forbidden from performing anything but the most undesirable and unsanitary duties, for years Dalits were believed to be racially inferior and polluted by nature and were therefore forced to live in isolated communities. Dalits, or untouchables, make up India's poorest class. English New York : Columbia University Press, c2009 xxviii. Activist and award-winning writer Urmila Pawar recounts three generations of Dalit women who struggled to overcome the burden of their caste. The weave of my life : a Dalit womans memoirs / Urmila Pawar translated by Maya Pandit yadna.

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