Uma Vasudeva Explained

Uma Vasudeva (18 June 1931 – 27 March 2019) was an Indian writer and columnist.[1] She was one of the early editors of India Today.[2]

Works

Her book Indira Gandhi: Revolution in Restraint covers Indira Gandhi's life from 1917 to 1971.[3]

Novels

Her novels Song of Anusuya and Shreya of Sonagarh deal with the inner struggles of their woman protagonists. The main characters are portrayed as liberated women with their own surreptitious affairs.[4] Song of Anusuya was noted to "probe deeply" into man–woman relationship.[5] However, it was criticised by India Today as an unsuccessful foray into an alternative literary field by a writer who had presumably lost credibility in political writing following her publication of The Two Faces of Indira Gandhi.[6] Shreya of Sonagarh, being of similar genre, invokes the theme of sex in relation to a woman's relationship with her husband and another lover.[7] It describes the rise to political power of the protagonist, Shreya, a middle-class girl married into a princely family.[8] It also deals with the connection between feudal lords and politics.[9]

Vasudeva's depiction of feminism has been described as being Western-biased, rather than rooted in Indian soil.[10]

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uma Vasudev was a writer of rare immensity and sensitivity (Tribute) . . . 30 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Uma Vasudev: Versatile writer, trusted friend and a sounding board for young artists . . 31 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Book on Indira Gandhi back in print - Bhandare relaunches Uma Vasudev's biography on India's first woman Prime Minister . The Telegraph.
  4. Book: Nitonde . Rohidas . In Search of a Feminist Writer . 2014 . Partridge Publishing . 978-1-4828-3390-4 .
  5. Book: Ray . Mohit Kumar . Indian Writing in English . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-269-0279-8 . 170 . 2003 .
  6. Web site: Bobb . Dilip . Book review: The Song of Anasuya by Uma Vasudev . India Today . 10 October 2020 . March 10, 2014.
  7. Book: Swain . S. P. . Bhatnagar . Manmohan Krishna . Feminist English Literature . 1999 . 8 . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-7156-824-6 . 75 .
  8. Book: Kundu . Rama . Studies in Women Writers in English . 2005 . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-269-0435-8 . 225 .
  9. Book: Bhatnagar . O. P. . Indian Political Novel in English . 2007 . Sarup & Sons . 978-81-7625-799-2 . 138 .
  10. Book: Patil . Mallikarjun . Bhatnagar . Manmohan Krishna . Feminist English Literature . 1999 . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-7156-824-6 . 83 . 9 . https://books.google.com/books?id=VhKAPUPK9n8C&dq=Song+of+Anusuya+uma+vasudeva&pg=PA83 .

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