Image of the New Women in the Novels of Shobha De

Shobha de is a modern novelist who recognizes the displacement and marginalization of women and attempts to turn this patter upside down through her writings. For this she explores the world of urban women of India. The modern Indian women who is at the centre of her fiction is bold, daring and ambitious; she has tremendous energy to complete and excel in all walks of life. It is the image of this new woman that image of this new woman that Shobha De presents in all her novels. The present book, it is hoped, will make a valuable contribution to Indian fiction, women’s studies, and sociology.