Abstract
In the era of post-colonialism, margins have started knocking back the centre and Indian mainstream cinema is no exception to this. From the inception of Indian Cinema, it sidelined marginal elements- especially women- but with the passage of time, it is adopting the ‘Road Not Taken’ yet. All over the world, the issue of Women Empowerment is in discussion. Feminist writers have been upheld this issue and have given way through various platforms. Gayatri Spivak and Meenakshi Thapan, talk about women empowerment in detail in their works.
Highlights
Empowerment is seen when protagonists from film – ‘Parched’ openly express their dreams and desires and seek freedom from social, cultural, economical and bodily clutches
Resistance, skills of negotiating and crisis management and abusive use of language are their tools of assertion
Gayatri Spivak and Meenakshi Thapan, talk about women empowerment in detail in their works
Summary
Empowerment is seen when protagonists from film – ‘Parched’ openly express their dreams and desires and seek freedom from social, cultural, economical and bodily clutches. Their empowerment is reflected through their rebel against society’s sexual norms. These empowered women represent the image of new woman who is no longer submissive but assertive and tries to form new equations of equality Resistances, rebellion, negation, retaliation, conflict management are the modes through which women assert their empowerment
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