Sometimes, anger is the answer: Geeli Puchhi and the place of Dalit rage

Subramanian, Prerna (2024) Sometimes, anger is the answer: Geeli Puchhi and the place of Dalit rage. South Asian Review. pp. 1-16. ISSN 0275-9527

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Abstract

This essay explores the affective and spatial relations shaping the cinematic world of the film Geeli Pucchi, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan for the Ajeeb Dastaans anthology on Netflix. I analyze the spatial arrangements and affective economies moving the characters Priya Sharma and Bharti Mondal toward and away from each other. I aim to speak about how rage plays a role in how Bharti negotiates her relationship with Priya, which involves how her righteous rage helps her (a) stand up for herself, (b) have a more progressive imagination and desire friendship/relationship rebelliously (c) recognize how she has to fight for herself versus fighting for Priya’s entitled, caste-enclosed demands of her. This essay is written in solidarity with all those raging Dalit queer folks and women, who generate their rage against the savarna capitalist machine. I will also note how Dalit rage becomes a part of a rebellious mode of and a liberatory vision of life itself which also constitutes of acts of looking out for oneself and one’s community, making one’s place in the world more livable, and pursuing joy in a difficult world, where raging does not always translate to, even as it includes, scenes of visible anger.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Dalit political theory | Dalit literature on rage | self-assertion | savarna saviour | space | effect | place | representation | chronotypes | emotion
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Human Rights
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Journalism, News and Media
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2024 09:59
Last Modified: 16 Apr 2024 09:35
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2024.2339653
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/7621

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