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'Draupadi' written by Mahasweta Devi - Summary and analysis

Mahasweta Devi was a Bengali Indian writer and activist. She was born in 1926 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She won many awards including Padma Sri, Padma Vibhushan, Raman Magsaysay Award, Sahitya Akademi Award, etc.

Draupadi is a short story originally written in Bengali by Mahasweta Devi. It was translated into English by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and anthologized in the collection named, Breast Stories. The genre of the story is feminist fiction.

Mahasweta Devi situates her story against the Naxalite movement (1967-71). The tribal grew rebellious because of exploitation and started killing the landlords. It became carbuncle(boil) on the government’s backside which led to Operation Bakuli - to kill the so-called tribal rebels.

Characters :

Dopdi Mejhen (Upi Mejhen),

Dulna Majhi (Matang Majhi),

Jugal Mandal,

Satish Mandal,

Rana/Prabir/Dipak,

Shomra, Golok,

Arijit,

Malini,

Shamu,

Mantu,

Mushai Tudu,

Arjan Singh,

Senanayak,

Surja Sahu,

Biddibabu,

Rotoni Sahu,

Bhupati,

Tapa,

Chamru,

Dukhiram,

Somai,

Budhna,

Places :

Bakuli, Paltakuri, Birbhum, Burdwan, Murshidabad, Bankura, (Jharkhani belt)

Summary :

Dopadi Mejhen was a 27 years old rebel who belonged to Santal tribe. She along with her husband Dulna Majhi and three others had killed Surja Sahu and his son.

At that time, Operation Bakuli took place. Arjan Singh who was the architect of that operation, cordoned off three villages and ordered the rebels to surrender. When they disagreed to surrender, he ordered to set fire and got the whole area machine gunned. Many people were killed. Among those dead bodies, Dopadi and Dulna lay on the ground faking dead. In fact, Draupadi and Dulna were the main culprits for killing Surja Sahu and his son. Then they went underground for a long time in a Neanderthal darkness. Special forces attempted an armed search and killed a few Santals.

The killings should have been stopped after the Operation Bakuli. But a series of events- attacking police, stealing guns, killing grain brokers, landlords, moneylenders, law officers and bureaucrats - went on. It was noticed that a black skin couple ululated like police sirens before these events took place.

According to the intelligence, that ululating and dancing couple was the escaped corpses and so Arjan Singh was sent again on Operation Forest (Jharkhani) to finish his incomplete job. But Arjan Singh handed over the Operation to Senanayak, an elderly Bengali specialist in combat and extreme left politics.

Dopdi and Dulna were underground and were living as Upi Mejhen and Matang Majhi. No one except Mushai Tudu and his wife knew their real names.

As per Senanayak’s planning, soldiers kept watch on falls and springs, the only source of drinking water and therefore, they could kill Dulna Majhi. Dulna’s body was left on the stone as a bait. The soldiers climbed on the trees and waited for other rebels to pick up his body so that they could hunt them down. This was not soldier’s way but of hunter’s. But Senanayak cared for no ethics. He just wanted to finish them off.

When Senanayak heard that no one had come to take Dulna’s body. He was determined to capture Dopdi. Senanayak said, “catch Dopdi Mejhen, she will lead us to others”.

In fact, when Draupadi was apprehended, Senanayak was unhappy. He had published an article six years ago in which he supported this struggle from the point of view of the field hand. Draupadi was a field hand and a veteran fighter so when she was caught Senanayak regretted. After questioning her for an hour, Senanayak went for the dinner saying, “Make her. Do the needful”.

After that Dopdi was gang raped. She couldn't even remember how many came to make her before she passed out. When she came to senses, she was again raped by many.

In the morning, when Senanayak summoned her she refused to wear clothes and stood before him naked. Senanayak was shocked. Dopdi spitted bloody gob at him and said, “there isn’t a man here I should be ashamed”. Then she pushed Senanayak with her breast. Here, for the first time, Senanayak was terribly afraid to stand before an unarmed target.

Senanayak :

Senanayak is an elderly Bengali specialist in combat and extreme left politics. Arjan Singh handed over the Operation Forest (Jharkhani) to Senanayak. He is the new in-charge officer of it. He knows the activities and capacities of the opposition better than they themselves do. In fact, Senanayak respects the opposition. But, at the same time, he believes that in order to destroy the enemy, become one. He likes turtle meat. And like Shakespeare, he believes in delivering the world’s legacy into youth’s hand. Unlike Arjan Singh, he is the most skilful and resourceful person for this job.

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I thought user page is private, just for me and not displayed anywhere and talk ...is something that would be displayed.....I am a lecturer and have more than 100 summaries written for my students one of whom advised me to upload ...you can check the writing in talk which I have uploaded/ published....if anything wrong, please let me know about the proceedings.... Thank you. Mehul Janakray Shastri (talk) 12:35, 15 June 2021 (UTC)