1. Women and Class Division
Group
Discussion
Gainda
Women and Class Division
Please see the lecture ppt at EngSite.

2. Gainda: Key Words
From the bride’s game Dulhan-Dulhan to marriage and child birth
Characters: the narrator and Mewa, Gainda and Bhaiyya, Bahu (Daughter in law), Baji (mother)

3. Gainda: Questions Gainda and the Narrator:
When the two are playmates, why does Gainda always hold the narrator in contempt? Why are the two of them shy when being dressed as brides?
Where do we see their class differences? p. 43, 46
Where is the climax of the story? What does the ending mean?
Gender Hierarchy: What role do Bhaiyya and Bahu play in distancing G and the narrator
What similarities can we find between “Gainda” and Salaam Bombay on the one hand, and “Gainda” and Earth?
Can you relate to the story of “Gainda” and, if so, how?

4. Gainda: Major Question
How does the narrator relate to Gainda differently at different stages of the story? Why?

5. (interpretation of relations)
I wonder
Narrator Says (Text)
I Say
(interpretation of relations)
And So
(significance)
Narrator vs.
Gainda sec 1 & 2 1
Gainda sec 3 4
Gainda sec 4
(different from others?) 6
Gainda sec 5 7

6. Final Question: You and the Characters
Similarities
“Gainda” -- playing house
-- seeing our friends take different paths in life  making friends with people from different paths --
Differences