Issues of Environmental Justice in Mahasweta Devi’s “Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay and Pirtha”

Abstract

Writer activists like Wangari Maathai, Ken Saro-Wiwa and Mahasweta Devi have worked relentlessly to fight for justice for the poor and the marginalized and have also proved successful in generating awareness not only regarding the struggles of the poor but also about degeneration of the environment. Mahasweta Devi has tirelessly worked for the tribals of India and through her creative writings has been voicing her concerns about the dalits and tribals. Speaking about her novella Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay and Pirtha in an interview with Gayatri Spivak she herself states that Pterodactyl “is an abstract of my entire tribal experience”.