![]() ![]() Popular literature, film, and art addressing various socio-political issues faced by Dalit women are often lacking first-hand narratives and rendering and are portrayed from a position of privilege. Another substantial aspect brought forth by the immensity of the message that is highlighted by this book is that of representation. This book encompasses the slogan that gained immense traction during the second wave of feminism, ‘the personal is political’, and makes the reader rethink the distinction between the private and the public. ![]() One of the most striking things that immediately occurs to the reader once they put down this magnificently important book, The Weave of My Life by Urmila Pawar, is the juxtaposition of the simplicity of the narrative and the language, and the strong and distinctly bold nature of the political significance of the autobiography, and what it aims to achieve. ![]()
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