Women writings of North East India

INDIAN LITERATURE & ITS TIMES:

We can divide Indian literature into three specific era namely Old Literature,Medieval Literature and Modern Literature. Since the time of ancient India art and literature of this soil is highly unique and rich .

THE BOOKS OF ANCIENT INDIA :

The sages of ancient India composed various kind of books which are of eminence knowledge like Vedas, Upanishads, Purana ,The Arthasashtra of Kautillya , Yoga Sashtra of Patanjali , The Baimanik sashtra of Vishamitra etc. Mathematician Aryabhatya , Physician Charak and Monu wrote their research papers in Sanskrit which are highly regarded till now .

WOMEN WRITERS OF ANCIENT INDIA :

Even women like Maitreyi, Khana , Lopamudra were the great wise and eminent writers in ancient India. We can be proud for these ancient distinguished poets and poetess. Still they inspire us . They wrote beautiful lyrics which teach us how to live a divine life without any tension of worldly hectic activities. These lyrics of ancient sages are universal . Srimatvagbata Gita ,Ramayana and Mahabharata all these are great treasure of Indian literature . These inspire us to create our modern literature and guide us to lead a happy life.

MEDIAEVAL INDIA & THE WRITERS :

Medieval India couldn’t produce a lot like the erstwhile because of political disturbances. India was invaded by the foreigners like Turkish, Muggs, Mughals . The disturbed India couldn’t produce great authors though the writer like Jaydev ,Vidyapati ,Chandidas ,Bharatchandra were the genius in literature. We can pick the name of great Kalidas ,Vas , Bhabobhuti . They are eminent writers of this era.

VAISHNAVA PADABALI :

Vaishnava Padabali is undoubtedly the best as an literature as well as divine songs. Modern poet Rabindranath Tagore was inspired with the lyrics of Vidyapati and composed his lyrical book’Vanusingher Padavali ‘.

MODERN LITERATURE & ITS TIMES

Inspite of these compositions , we don’t feel any attraction in it due its non -modern themes . Indian modern literature is not only supurb in quality ,it’s unique, commendable and rich in various subjects. And it has been possible for new education systems, social reformation and other spiritual movement.

THE RENAISSANCE :

The Renaissance in Bengal changed the thought and life of Indian. Raja Ram Mohan Roy,Vidyasagar , Dwaraknath Tagore ,Sree Ramkrishna , Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was born in nineteenth century and they did a lot for the country . Modern literature is the result of Renaissance. We came contact with English literature and culture as they ruled our country for a longtime. Some Indian lover Englishmen helped to spread education along with Vidyasagar . Since that times Indian women came out from the captivation and started their journey to explore themselves .

WHY LESS PARTICIPATION ?

In this modern era our literature was enriched with the splendid writings of male writers Bankim, Madhusudan Dutt ,Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Saratchandra and other male writers . but women writings are very few in nineteenth century, but started gradually.

INDIAN DIVERSITY :

India is a vast land with vast population and their language and culture are different. Even their lifestyles are different. They live in various demographic area which is different from one another. Some live in plains ,some in Hilly area ,some live in desert and others on bank of rivers or adjacent to seashore. So they have to face different kind of natural atmospheric influences . Some places are very worm ,some are very cool.

STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE :

People of India used to struggle according to their environment and atmosphere. The hill’s folks are very industrious than wormy plains . Besides, India is a land of multi linguistic peoples. Some people speak in Indo- Arian languages, some Dravidian and others in Votchina or Votbarmio languages. So Indian literature is a store house of great treasure of multi linguistic literatures .

Indian Women Writing :