Feminism

Role of woman in modern india can be called as phenomenal. The transition of woman from past to present is worth mentioning. Woman who were once considered to be the masters in the art of home making are now considered to be the force that shape the country. Today’s woman have changed the world’s way in which they look at us and our country. Today many woman are well educated and they are now into different professions. We hardly find a sector where woman are not working. They are passionate about the work they do and open up new dimensions in life. They now have developed the ability to protest against discrimination that they have been subjected to.. Woman have started competing with men in all the sectors including literary studies and leave their mark in a more pleasing way.

One of the most significant developments in literary studies in the last quarter of century has been the remarkable growth of woman’s writing. The modern novels are multifarious. There are social, historical, political, and feminist novels. Some of these novels reveal the role and status of woman in ancient and modern times. Woman are no longer characterized to surrender, submit, and suffer martyrdom. A whole band of woman novelists beginning with Nayantra Sehgal, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, Manju Kapur and many others have highlighted significance of portraying woman as an individual rebelling against the traditional role, awakening with the sense of identity to assert their individuality. Their novels speaks about woman’s f...

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... who tries to overcome her culture identity and forge a self-identification attempt which leaves a woman hard-hearted and desolate. Virmati’s tragedy is the tragedy of ambition - a quest for freedom and identity. Kapur has presented the problems of the Indian woman in a joint family and a male dominated society. The novel highlights the issue of patriarchy which denies woman’s voice and freedom set at the time of partition. Problem of men-woman relationship, woman sexuality, love, infatuation, jealousy, marriage and gender roles have been presented at a time when woman had no voice to assert their rights. Today’s contemporary Indian English novelists are writing for the masses using the theme of feminism, which not only interests the readers but also affects them.