The Feminine Aspects of Human Rights in the poetry of 21st Century Hindi Women Poets

Abstract

The atrocities and injustice against women in modern society cannot be denied. The customsimposed on women by various principles of patriarchy are definitely violation of their human rights thepositive change that has come in the status of women with the changing social, cultural, religious andpolitical conditions is comparatively not upto the level. Women poets considered it as their duty to givevoice to the reality, they have experienced. Only women can represent the human rights violationhappening to them in a better way. Self experience can speak more louder than sympathy in thisperspective and attempt has been made to study the female perspective on human rights and poetrythrough female poets.The woman poets have brilliantly express the atrocities faced by women through their poetry.The entire study of research work has been divided into 6 chaptersChapter 1 - Human rights and its women's perspective- General Analysis Chapter 2 - The development of 21st century Hindi poetry Chapter 3- Female voice in Hindi poetry - A survey Chapter 4 Women aspects of human rights- Patriarchy & Women Chapter 5- Human rights and violence against women Chapter 6- Women identity and human rights The atrocities and human rights violations on women have been presented in an excellent wayby the poets. Katyayani's ‘khaufnaak Sharmindgi’ Alka Singh's ‘Ek ladki shinaakth’, Ambika Dutt's‘Damit aakanshaon ka geet’,Anuradha Singh's ‘Streeyon ka kulnaam’, Rashmi Bhardwaj's‘Bahanaapa’are some of the best examples of poems through which poets has deeply expressed theatrocities and human eights violations against women.Hence we can say that life of women is becoming difficult in the contemporary society. In orderto live her own life comfortably she is forced to think many times about the so called social norms. Theglorification of women has done by taking away a rights and courage to live. The woman poets havefearlessly expressed about the problems faced by women in the contemporary world as well as thehuman rights violations.