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In her story, “The Breast Giver,” from her collection of short stories called, “Breast Stories,” Mahasweta Devi outlines women’s identity as body, worker and object. In a tale of a Bengali wet-nurse, Devi shows female protagonist, Jashoda, living in a 1960’s India as she is compelled to take up ‘professional motherhood’ when her Brahman husband loses both his feet.

With her only ability held in her ‘always full’ breasts and her desperate economic destitution — she is swiftly utilised and praised for her expert weaning of wealthy offspring, which she does for 25 years, before losing her usefulness and consequentially dying from breast cancer.

Kangalicharan a member of the highest of the Hindu religion. Kangalicharan stirs the seething vat of milk in the sweet shop and cooks and feeds to those pilgrims at the Lion-seated goddess's temple. One afternoon when Kangalicharan was returning home with handful of samosas and sweets under his dhoti. While coming home Kangalicharan was picturing about his pleasure time with Jashoda. At that moment the Haldar son with his Studebaker, swerving by Kangalicharan, ran over his feet and shins. Instantly the crowd gathered there and the owner of the shop was also there. Haldar started shouting on his son and was saying that You'll kill a Bhramin. The doctors were not able to bring his feet back. Seeing this Haldar said that Kangali you don't have to worry as long as I'm around. I'll give your family food and I'll also give you a shop after my Son's wedding but until then I'll send your family food. Nabin had a plan from which they can earn money like anything but Kangali rejected the offer. And suddenly the Haldar died and left Kangali and Jashoda in the lurch. After his accident they used to get fancy food from Haldarbabu's house but after the death of Haldarbabu this stopped. Kangali started longing for the food. Jashoda was truly an Indian Woman who has unreasonable devotion towards her husband and love for her children. She wanted to feed his husband and children with food and she was ready to do anything. Therefore she went to Radharani (Mistress) to ask for the job of cook. Radharani came to know that she has now full proprietorship of the house and rice warehouse. The mistress had a six month baby in her lap. She told Jashoda to give the baby some milk as the baby would not suck the bottle. Jashoda happily milked the baby and at that day she stayed there till 9 p.m. and the cook filled the bowl with rice and curry for her house. Jashoda while milking the baby told Mistress that Master said many things. As the Master is gone now any of his words are not worthy to me. Jashoda said I am not asking this job for myself, I'm asking for the job because my husband has lost both his feet and now she is the one who has to feed her     children and her husband.