{"product_id":"yamunas-journey-9789354473616","title":"Yamuna's Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaba Padmanji's 1857 Marathi novelYamunaparyatan highlights the suffering of Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidows, forced into a life of loneliness and torture by their cruel Brahminical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamilies. The heroine of the novel, Yamuna, starts off as a happily married woman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esharing a bond of mutual trust and respect with her husband. She travels with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim across various regions of the Bombay Presidency and western India and her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einteractions with widows on the way reveal the extent of their suffering within Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epatriarchal and Brahminical society. Yamuna sympathizes with them and calls for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eurgent reform, while advocating for widow remarriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes and Yamuna is widowed, she too is tortured and stigmatized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the feisty young woman manages to start a new chapter in life by converting to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity and remarrying a Christian man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamuna's Journey is the first English translation of Padmanji's pathbreaking novel. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis engrossing and layered translation, Deepra Dandekar paints a poignant portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Indian women's lives in the nineteenth century. It offers contemporary readers a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etimely, necessary glimpse of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354473616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.49d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baba Padmanji","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753366065333,"sku":"9789354473616","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dbaf1506-fad5-4073-a0b6-2f73ec288915.jpg?v=1677594088","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/yamunas-journey-9789354473616","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}