Volume III Special Issue III March 2023

Name of Author : Ms. A H Parvin

Title of the paper : Nelluri Kesavaswamys short story Deliverance: Subalterns lives in Hyderabadi Nawabi households

Abstract: This article describes the lives of Subalterns in Hyderabadi aristocratic households. It studies the subalterns and ruling classes in the short story Deliverance by Nelluri Kesavaswamy, and is analysed from the perspective of gender subalternity. Gender subalternity is the term related to contemporary studies that projects the women who are suppressed both by gender domination and social domination. Subaltern studies are concerned with lower status of people and gender studies focus on gender inequality and patriarchal social structure. Sultan, the son of an aristocratic family and a student of AMU visits his home at Hyderabad during his summer vacation. As a prelude to his prospective marriage, his mother sends a coy, servant girl, Shireen, to his bed-room to practice him in the conjugal game. Shocked and disgusted, he sends her back, but the mission is repeated several times. Shireen makes him understand that his mother is pressurising to do that. At last Sultan yields, but resolves to make her his legally wedded wife by giving her a decent status. It is evident from this that Sultan symbolizes the modern enlightened Muslim youth, who is in revolt against some old, unhealthy customs prevalent in Hyderabad. He declasses himself, obtains a respectable employment, rejecting his feudal, decadent, and parasitic heritage. He represents a new generation of Muslims with a healthy, positive approach for future.

Keywords : Gender Subalternity, Deodis, Feudals, Marginalization, Other, Hegemony

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Page Number : 32-37