• Dr. Anjana J.

The inextricable link between human beings and natural environment has been of perpetual interest for writers down ages. Theoretical deliberations on this relation between natural enviornment and human beings have started to gain momentum only in the last decades of the 20th century. If ecocriticism deals with relationship between literature and nature, ecofeminism establishes a direct link between natural environment and female sensibility, both advocates the importance of inter-relationship between human beings and the natural world. It stands at the crossing point of literary criticism and ecological studies. Ecofeminists advocate a deep reverence for all life forms both human and non human with the natural world. Some ecofeminists point to the linguistic links between oppression of women and land, such as the term "rape the land”, referring to women as "wild" and "untamed “etc. Ecofeminists consider the domination of both nature and women by men (androcentrism) as the root cause of environmental problems. A synthesis of the concerns of both feminism and ecology is palpable in this concept. Ecofeminists claim to be a part of a definite movement . Janis Birkeland in Ecofeminism: Linking Theory and Practice defines ecofeminism as “a value system, a social movement and a practice, but it also offers a political analysis that explores the links between androcentricism and the environmental destruction (19)”.

The Long Path to Selfhood in Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth

"The Long Path to Selfhood in Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no.411-413, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803336.pdf

"The Long Path to Selfhood in Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no. pp411-413, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803336.pdf