This paper is published in Volume-11, Issue-4, 2025
Area
English Langauge
Author
Dr. Ganesh Pundlikrao Khandare
Org/Univ
Yashwantrao Chavan Arts and Science Mahavidyalaya, Mangrulpir Dist. Washim, Maharashtra, India
Pub. Date
30 July, 2025
Paper ID
V11I4-1186
Publisher
Keywords
Meena Alexander, Nampally Road, Gender Violence, Memory, Postcolonial Feminism, Trauma, Resistance

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Dr. Ganesh Pundlikrao Khandare. Gender, Violence, and Memory in Meena Alexander’S Nampally Road, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Dr. Ganesh Pundlikrao Khandare (2025). Gender, Violence, and Memory in Meena Alexander’S Nampally Road. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 11(4) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Dr. Ganesh Pundlikrao Khandare. "Gender, Violence, and Memory in Meena Alexander’S Nampally Road." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 11.4 (2025). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Meena Alexander's Nampally Road (1991) is a powerful postcolonial feminist novel that weaves together themes of gender, violence, and memory within the socio-political landscape of contemporary India. Set in Hyderabad, the novel explores the psychological and physical trauma inflicted upon women by systemic patriarchal and political violence. This research paper analyzes Nampally Road as a literary site where female subjectivity, resistance, and memory converge to critique both colonial and postcolonial structures of oppression. Drawing on feminist and postcolonial theories, the study interrogates how Alexander constructs her female protagonist Mira's journey as emblematic of the broader struggles faced by Indian women. The novel ultimately becomes a space for reimagining justice, healing, and agency in the face of deeply rooted violence.