Sacred Waters and Silenced Voices: Ecofeminist Resistance in Na D’Souza’s Dweepa and Sarah Joseph’s Budhini

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• Dweepa highlights the threat of development projects to women's voices and nature, showcasing the impact of ecological degradation and displacement.
• Budhini depicts the dispossession of tribal lands, with socio-political marginalization serving as a key theme in the narrative.
• Through ecofeminism, both texts address the intertwined nature of women's oppression and environmental issues in specific contexts.
• These narratives suggest that ecological and social justice are deeply connected, calling attention to the voices often silenced in development discourse.