Shashi Deshpande is indeed the most renowned of the contemporary Indian women novelists. The status of woman all over the word, particularly in India, has been undergoing a rapid change in the recent decades. This phenomenon therefore, has drawn the attention of literary artists. Indian Women novelists in English constitute a major segment in Indian English Literature. Fiction has become a powerful form of literary expression for women. The struggle to establish one’s identity and to assert one’s individuality has led the woman to wage a desperate fight against the existing social order of the day. It is therefore, imperative for women to determine their new role and to redefine its parameters. The portrayal of women in literature helps the women writers to draw role models. The present book aims at analyzing and evaluating Shashi deshpande’s entire novels written so far. Her writings reflect a strong ethnic background. She has well defined ethnic identities and a quest for eternal self, for something deeper in religion. She is a writer with specific urge to explore and define the areas of experiences of women, which have not been previously explored. The author of the book argues, in a systematic and sustained manner, that Shashi Deshpande deals essentially with the philosophical angle.
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