Dena Paona: The Cost of Marriage and the Silent Suffering of Women-Anwesha Biswas
Dena Paona: The Cost of Marriage and the Silent Suffering of Women-pdf Designation – Lecturer, Department – French, Affiliation – Syamaprasad College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India Email – anwesha.sept9@gmail.com Abstract Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Dena Paona portrays marriage as an oppressive institution for women in early 20th-century Bengali society. The plot emphasizes the negative effects of dowries, which reduce marriage to a business agreement rather than a partnership built on mutual respect and love.The story’s tragic heroine undergoes the social injustice decided to bring about by this tradition, enlightening how women are enslaved in a stringent patriarchal system. Tagore illustrates the silent suffering of wives who are subjected to their in-laws’ financial demands while denouncing the commodification of women and the burden of social expectations. In some societies where dowries are still widely used, themes such as gender inequality, women’s precarity, and the lack of personal freedom are still relevant today. Tagore Read More …