गौरी [Gauri]

by Ajeet Cour, Ganesh Prasad Khanal (Translator)

Hindi

129 pages, Paperback

About the author

Ajeet Cour (born 1934) is a Punjabi Indian writer. She has written novels and short stories in the Punjabi language on social-realist themes such as the experience of women in relationships and their position in society. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 and the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2006.

Ajeet Cour was born in the family of S. Makhan Singh in 1934 in Lahore. She had her early education there. After the partition, her family came to Delhi, where she earned an M.A. (Economics).

Reviews

[Dhanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most disturbing and tragic life of a girl named gouri. The story explains betrayal from home, the trap of protection and objectification and devaluation. She treated as a property to be used hidden, or discarded. Her choices are consistently restricted by social norms that prioritize a man's reputation over a woman's survival.

Spoiler.......

She was born into a family where no one really wanted her. At the age of eight sold to a business man called babu ram for 1000rs who manipulates her father by promising her a better life, care and education. Bubu ram exploits her emotionally and physically by turning her simply nothing but a slave for him and his wife. She later gave birth to Ram Babu's son. Unknown from the fact that she is his mother her own son treats her as a slave.