Welcome to the

presentation on
Ode on the Lungi

Prepared for
Shuvo Das
Lecturer, Department of English
UITS
 Group Members

• Nadira Islam Nira || 1914221012

• Sanu Akther || 1914221008

• Shayla Akter || 1914221031

• Atia Prodhan Ifty || 1914221010

• Umme Kulsum || 1914221006

Plot Overviews

About Author

● Kaiser Haq (1950)

● Professor, Writer, Translator

● Poetic style: Characterized by Wit, Irony

Short Summary

Use of Lungi in different aspects

● In romance

● Protective

● Safe from flood

Notable Mentions

● Walt Whitman

● Shadow Lines

● Song of myself
Post colonialism

● Neo-Imperialism
● Democratic sentiment
● True form of independence
● Nationalism
● Post colonial power play
Subaltern voice

● “Ode on the Lungi” is a highly studied and mostly appreciated poem

● Kaiser Haq considers Lungi “Ethnic Attire” as the symbol of subaltern

● Poet describes the sufferings and the democratic hypocrisy

● Cultural and political difference between Eastern and Western countries

● Kaiser Haq raised his voice for the equality of Eastern people
Sartorial Hegemony

● What is hegemony?

● What is sartorial hegemony?

● How sartorial hegemony reflects

in this poem?
Allegorical Quest

● Clothes as “status symbol”

● Lungi as a symbol of “global left outs”

● Allegorical activism

● Allegorically smashes “Euro centrism”

Thank You