Paradigm shift: An Exploration of Indira Goswami’s An Unfinished Autobiography

Abstract

Indira Goswami is a uniquely- gifted writer of Assam. She is the recipient of prestigious awards like BhartiyaJnanpith Award and SahityaAkedemi Award for
herliterary works. As Kamala Das, the well- known writer, says, “Indira Goswami has achieved a discipline very few women writers of 20th century have achieved…She
writes even of her own grief with a sense of detachment.”(Goswami, Backcover) She has written many novels and short stories, which give glimpses of Assamese life. But her An Unfinished autobiography is marked by a subtle sense of suppression, humiliation and deep pathos emanating from a life haunted by personal tragedies. Indira Goswami was a woman who had the courage of her conviction with which she faced the paradigm shifts in her poignant journey of life