THROUGH HER ESSAY "THE STORY OF MY SANSKRIT", KUMUD PAWDE HIGHLIGHTS THE HIERARCHIES OF POWER IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT INDIAN SOCIETY. SHE TALKS BOUT THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CONDITIONS THAT ARISE FROM THE CAST SYSTEM AND HOW THESE CONDITIONS AFFECT HER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SANSKRIT LANGUAGE- WHICH WAS LARGELY CONSIDERED AN UPPER-CASTE BRAHMIN LANGUAGE- THROUGH VARIOUS STAGES OF HER LIFE.
By Kritika Agrawal