Summary Of The Weave Of My Life By Urmila Pawar

After the independence, the major concern while making Indian constitution was to pay special attention to uplift the status and standard of those people who have suffered from indescribable ills and evils like un-touchability, cruelity and exploitation to that of equality with other citizens of India. In this concern, Dr. B R Ambedkar helped a lot by framing such a constitution in which injustice done to those people for centuries was tried to be undone. In fact, under the influence of Dr Ambedka, a wave of change was visible among these classes who raised their voice of revolt against their exploitation and inhumane existence.
In 1958, the term ‘Dalit Literature’ was used for the first time in Maratha region and it gave birth to many writers whose pen stood in this concern and raised their voice for the cause. Among them, the most noticeable name is Urmila Pawar, a great activist and one of the award winning writers. She is famous as a feminist writer and leader of Women’s lib movement.
‘Aaydan’ her autobiography written in Marathi has been translated into English and titled as ‘The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoirs’ which portrays the condition of Dalit community exploited by the upper caste and being extremely marginalized. In her autobiography, she has described the struggle of three generations for the survival to overcome the pain and burden of their caste. She details the village life at the time of her grandmother, mother and her own childhood. In her