HIRA BANSODE
Hira Bansode Is One Of The Most Celebrated And Better Known Dalit Poets.
She Had Managed With Encouragement From Her Husband And Her Father
In Law To Acquire Higher Education And Even Manage To Secure A
Government Job With The Indian Railways. Her Poetry As You Must Have
Noticed In This Poem Tends To Be Gentle And Understand. Yet With Subtle
Irony She Is Able To Express The Pain And Anguish Of The Dalit Existence .
Dalit Women Poets Have Primarily Focused On
Women Experiences Within As Well As Without Dalit
Women's Experience Seems To Be Qualitatively
Different As Has Been Often Observed Dalit Women
Are Like Drums On Both Sides Aur One Can Say That
They Are Twice Dalit
Bosom Friend
Bosom Friend Forms A Part Of A Collection Of Poems Called PHIYAD 1984.
The Title Suggest This Poem Is About A Very Good Friend A Woman Friend
Who Accept The Poet's Invitation For Dinner And Visit Her For The First
Time .The First Paragraph Express The Poet Surprised As Well As Her
Admiration And Gratitude For This Friend Who Seems To Have Broken
Throw The Cast And Traditional Barriers To Reach Out To Her Untouchable Friend
In The Second Paragraph Har Expectations Are Shattered The Moment She
Offers To Her Food The Friend Smirks At The Way The Food Is Arranged And
Promptly Reproaches The Poet For The Inability To Serve Food The Way
Upper Caste People Do .
She Said 'You Still Don't Know How To Serve Food Truly You Folk Will Never Improve’
She Feel Ashamed Of Further Approach From The Friend For Not Serving
Buttermilk Make A Sad And Speechless.
The Poet Wakes Up To The Reality Of Her Existence Which She Had
Forgotten For A Moment In A State Of Heightened Expectations
Triggered By The Visit Of This Friend
Though she had accepted the poet's invitation and visited her House
but she still carries the baggage of her tradition in her mind.
This trend has crossed the physical barrier but she still carries it in her mind.
The Poem And With The Couple Of Theoretical Question
Are You Going To Tell Me What Mistake I Made?
Are You Going To Tell Me My Mistake?
These Questions Carry Within Them A Reproach As Well As Challenge
These Questions Also Put This Visit In Its Real Prospective Friend Visit
Each Other To Share To Be Together In An Emotional And Social Bond
And Not To Find Faults.