Portrayal of economic disparity in Mahasweta Devi's "Jamunabati's Mother"

People all over the world are suffering from economic disparity. The unequal distribution of the valued resources forces a great number of peoples to live in grim realities of hunger, poverty and resourcelessness. Mahasweta Devi raises her voice against such discrimination and her story "Jamunabati's Mother" is a touching story of Jamunabati and her mother who confront the economic imbalances in the country and its consequences. The desire to escape poverty and the limiting circumstances of the social conditions is the key idea of Mahasweta Devi's Jamunabati's Mother. Through this short story Mahasweta Devi attacks the system which fails to provide any comfort and security to the down trodden and with full agitation and anger she asserts that it is possible to eradicate the poor not the poverty.