TY - JOUR AU - et al., DR. ANUSMITA TALUKDAR PY - 2020/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Perception of Feminism: A critical study on women characters in Jnanpith Awardee Indira Goswami’s novel “The Moth Eaten howdah of a Tusker.” JF - International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology JA - IJAST VL - 29 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/4946 SP - 3556 - 3559 AB - The novel ‘The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker’s deals with the inhuman activities of thepatriarchy on Brahmin widows through the character of Durga, Saru Gasainee and Giribala. Thewriter has explained about the pre-independence socio-scenario of Assam especially about the southKamrup district. Saru Gassainee and Giribala to some extent try to raise their voice against the rigidnorms of the society. But Durga completely follows the Norms of the society which is dictated by thepatriarchy. The paper tries to look at to what attempts have been made by the patriarchal society tode-feminize and de-sexualize the Brahmin widows. Moreover the paper makes an attempt to analyzemajor factors behind women marginalization through the above mentioned women characters in thenovel. ER -