Fearlessness Is Now Part Of Aesthetic Experience For Writers, Artists: Ganesh Devy https://www.outlookindia.com/national/fearlessness-is-now-part-of-aesthetic-experience-for-writers-artists-ganesh-devy-news-218885 Writers from 78 countries recently attended the PEN event. Several among them had gone to prison for protesting against governments, experienced assaults on life and survived.
The term ‘Dakshinayan’ itself, Devy said, has multiple interpretations. It is also represents an astronomical phase during which nights are longer than days on account of the trajectory of the earth’s revolution around the sun.
“It refers to a period of depression. Period where worries are multiplied and of course in India for the last several millennia power is concentrated in the north. So it is necessary to challenge the powers that be while speaking in the name of Dakshin (south) so that the country’s federal structure is protected,” Devy said.
The weighed down ecosystem, says Devy, has also sparked new literary trends in the country, especially among already marginalised groups.
“…after 2014, these Dalit writers were not just writing about resistance to caste discrimination but to fascism. Similarly, feminist writers have turned their attention to the question of a totalitarian state not just patriarchal society,” Devy said.