1. Discuss the various ways in which high caste women experienced widowhood during the colonial period and its critique developed by Pandita Ramabai.
(Key words that should be included – sati, ascetic widowhood, colonial critique, Raja Rammohun Roy, High Caste Hindu Woman)
2. Discuss the literary representations of same-sex relationships (through the short story Lihaaf and Rekhti poetry) in South Asia. To what extent was it able to portray the prevalence of such relationships in society?
Rubrics:
1. Introduction, main body; conclusion; 2. the essay should cover all the readings on a given topic.