In most of her works, Mahasweta Devi has tried to tackle and address the turbulence of caste/class/gender in the historic context of the brahmanic caste patriarchy. Even after assuming an occupational class status, the ‘rudalis’ transform themselves into a gendered caste, specifically a low caste of “whores”. This could be identified as the central tension or contradiction in the social practice of Mahasweta’s fiction and her narrative praxis.