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FEMINISTIC PERSPECTIVES IN MANJU KAPUR’S DIFFICULT DAUGHTERS

ABSTRACT

Twentieth century Indian English writing is replete with writings by women writers who have made the world realise that Indian women writers have in themselves an immense potential and they have raised and discussed a variety of issues through their writings. Indian women writers are gaining grounds and winning critical appraisal and international recognition as they are endowed with gift of delving deep into the workings of human mind and heart with sympathy sensitivity and understanding. Among the prolific women novelists like Kamla Markandya, Nayantare Sahgal, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande etc. Manju Kapur is also a distinguished figure. In all her novels male characters are dominating but they do not come in the definition as a hero. They are affecting the psyche of women characters whether they are Virmati (Difficult Daughters) Astha (A Married Woman), Nisha (Home) or Nina (The Immigrant), are all on the verge of secluding themselves from the company of man. They are searching a place for themselves in the male-dominated patriarchal society. Society, morality, values are like bondage to them, so all of them are leading forward in an ambiguous manner in the midst of relentless urbanization and far-reaching western influences.

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