Writing Resources
The fact that Ghare bhaire the novel and its cinematic adaptation both were written and directed back then from the masculine aspect of representation implies the usual reconstruction of the past of those hidden from the history from the vision of supreme elites This predisposes the stance of women and their role in writing their history Set at the backdrop of independence struggle marking the emergence of nationalism Ghare Bhaire portrays the era of Swadeshi movement that gave Indians the chant of Vande Mataram and changed India s political discourse The movie entails the story of Bimala the woman married to Nikhil a liberal businessman and her struggle transgressing and adapting from the inner courtyard and the outer realms of the household ghare bhaire The movie very clearly tries to represent the various elements of subalternity not just through the aspect of women but also focusing on the class caste aspect The labor class which generally comprised of Muslim traders and their plight in the whole domain of the Swadeshi movement Satyajit Ray tries to portray the nationalistic movement as nothing but a scramble for sharing political power with the colonial rulers which has also been signified by Partha Chatterjee in his writings
