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1. Centering Subaltern Women’s Voices: Critique and Redefinition: Spivak critically inspects the expanding of subaltern women’s voices within feminist and postcolonial discourses and challenges conventional Western feminist frameworks for overlooking the intersecting oppressions faced by subaltern women, advocating for a slight approach that centers on their experiences and agency. Engaging with feminism’s critique of positivism, it seeks to redefine the consciousness of subaltern women as a semiotic object, exploring historical contexts such as widow sacrifice in Hindu India. Additionally, it explores the significance of events breaking legal norms in colonial contexts, highlighting the complexities of navigating patriarchal strategies within shifting cultural norms, echoing Spivak’s analysis of colonial subjectivity. Decoding Colonial Misrepresentation of Sati: In the analysis of widow self-immolation within the colonial context, it is depicted as a symbolic enactment of gender and ritual ideologies, embodying notions of truth and piety. This portrayal reflects a clash between perceptions of victimization and nuanced struggles influenced by factors like inheritance rights and communal misogyny. Furthermore, the discourse explores how colonial narratives subsume ritual acts into criminal frameworks, leading to conflicting interpretations of female agency. Moving on to the colonial discourse on Sati, it highlights the erasure of female agency and subjectivity, as women are categorically defined as objects of male possession, perpetuating patriarchal ideologies. Additionally, the examination of the origins of the term "Sati" reveals colonial misrepresentations and biases, reflecting broader dynamics of race, class, and gender. Edward Thompson's portrayal perpetuates colonial biases, emphasizing the need for critical engagement with historical narratives to counteract biases and prejudices against marginalized groups. The essayist then portrays an example of a Bengali woman concerning the false practice of Sati., it presents the compelling story of Bhuvaneswari Bhaduri , an activist in the Indian independence movement, whose act of suicide challenges conventional interpretations of sati. reflects on the ongoing struggle for subaltern voices, particularly women, to be acknowledged within dominant discourses, highlighting the persistent limitations of representation in contemporary society

2. For Example : Applying the text on the novel “Meatless Days” through a theoretical perspective, particularly postcolonial theory, provides insights into how the colonial misrepresentation of sati intersects with broader themes of power, identity, and representation. "Meatless Day" by Sarah Einstein is a short story about a family tradition where meat is not consumed on Mondays, known as Meatless Day. It focuses on themes of guilt, responsibility, and ethical considerations surrounding food consumption. Comparing it to "sati," a historical practice where widows immolated themselves on their husband's funeral pyre, would be quite a stretch. While both involve rituals and societal norms surrounding food or actions related to it, the contexts and implications are vastly different. Sati was a practice rooted in patriarchal and religious beliefs, while Meatless Day is a contemporary family tradition reflecting ethical and dietary choices.