Navigating oppression and resistance: a decolonial exploration of intergenerational trauma and silence in the daily life experiences of Mumma and myself

This research paper is an engagement of memories, each of which entails and holds a different onto-epistemological position with my relationship with my mother as we navigate the traversing structures of colonialism and patriarchy in the Indian context. Through extensive dialogic engagement, memory work, and critical introspection, the research seeks to understand the myriad ways in which colonial and patriarchal oppression exhibits in the bodies and psyches of women. It delves into the veiled silences, the profound acts of resistance, and the intergenerational transference of trauma that distinguishes the mother-daughter relationship. The study undertakes the concept of rememory in bridging the personal, political, individual, and collective. In this way, it presents a deeper understanding of how women navigate, maintain, resist, and redefine the systems that seek to oppress them, by crossing threads of resistance, resilience, and solidarity across temporal spaces.