Influence of English on Indian Women Writers: Voices from Regional Languages

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English as a symbol of modernity in India was first accessed by men, giving them a new image of masculinity while Indian languages were ‘feminized’—seen as meant for women. Among upper-caste women, English was a vehicle for social reform and for lessening seclusion, invisibility and economic dependence. For the so-called lower castes, the language was aspirational, indicating emancipation and empowerment possibilities, and threatening upper-caste dominance. English formed its own language of gender and made women’s voices stronger in regional languages, which can be seen in the flowering of women’s articles, fiction, biography and letters. This book records the different ways in which women responded to the coming of English into their lives.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR K. Suneetha Rani

K. Suneetha Rani is Reader in English at the University of Hyderabad. She has visited Canada and Australia as a research fellow, and interviewed several Aboriginal and First Nations women writers. She translates from English to Telugu and vice versa. Her translations have been published in various journals and as independent books. She is currently involved in translating Dalit women's writing from Telugu to English and Sri Lankan women's short fiction from English to Telugu. She has recently completed her Sahitya Akademi Junior Fellowship on "Emergence of Identity in Dalit Women's Narratives."