{"product_id":"yamunas-journey-paperback","title":"Yamuna's Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaba Padmanji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaba Padmanji's 1857 Marathi novelYamunaparyatan highlights the suffering of Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidows, forced into a life of loneliness and torture by their cruel Brahminical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamilies. The heroine of the novel, Yamuna, starts off as a happily married woman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esharing a bond of mutual trust and respect with her husband. She travels with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim across various regions of the Bombay Presidency and western India and her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einteractions with widows on the way reveal the extent of their suffering within Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epatriarchal and Brahminical society. Yamuna sympathizes with them and calls for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eurgent reform, while advocating for widow remarriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes and Yamuna is widowed, she too is tortured and stigmatized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the feisty young woman manages to start a new chapter in life by converting to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity and remarrying a Christian man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamuna's Journey is the first English translation of Padmanji's pathbreaking novel. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis engrossing and layered translation, Deepra Dandekar paints a poignant portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Indian women's lives in the nineteenth century. It offers contemporary readers a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etimely, necessary glimpse of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240344240377,"sku":"9789354473616","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TzRkUmdlQ2JNaGEyTlplbGNGOTJidz09.webp?v=1768570091","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/yamunas-journey-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}