Social values in mamoni roisom goswami’s novel

Dr. Indira Goswami popularly known as Mamoni Roisom Goswami is without doubts one of the finest novelist, storyteller in Assamese literature. A renowned scholar in Ramayani Sahityam Mamoni Roisom Goswami was a keen observer of social happenings. From social justices, feminism to revolt against animal sacrifice in the name of DHARMA or finding a solution to the insurgency problem in Assam, everywhere she was closely involved.
In Most of her novels, evils in the name of tradition or social values are reflected and criticized mercilessly. The three novels taken for discussion here namely Nilakanthi Braja (1976), Mamore Dhara Taruwal (1980) and Dantaal Haatir Uye Khowa Haonda (1988)are very good examples of her fighting against social evils. Some noticeable similarities in these novels are, in all the three novels we come across some characters who had faced some bitter experienced in their lives. Their lives became miserable due to vague social beliefs, rigid traditional norms or so called social values. Mamoni baidew reflected the miseries of these down trodden characters in very wonderful way.
In the novels for our discussion, Nilakanthi Braja (1976), Mamore Dhara Taruwal (1980) and Dantaal Haatir Uye Khowa Haonda (1988), how religious believes, tradition, social values, rigid social laws, superstition etc. can turn life of a person into hell trying to depict as much as possible. We see the characters of the novel revolting against these believes, sometimes directly and sometimes symbolically or indirectly.