Discourse of motherhood in Mahasweta Devi's selected works

Motherhood is a major concern of the feminists. In all patriarchal societies, women's social and economic roles are confined to the biological, sexual and maternal aspects. Mahasweta Devi through her fiction has presented various dimensions of motherhood. "Breast Giver" deals with the commercial use of motherhood, "Bayen" describes the plight of a mother who is separated from her son under the patriarchal hegemony and her novel Mother of 1084 depicts the self realization and resistance of a bereaved mother after the death of her son. Mahasweta Devi through her works not only subverts the Indian concept of glorifying motherhood but also lends courage and voice to the mothers to resist oppression perpetuated on them.