LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 12 December 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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The Female Protagonists of Shashi Deshpande’s Novels

Vimala. V. M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. Candidate

Introduction

Throughout the history of humankind, there has been a belief imposed on women that they were inferior to men both in physical strength and in mental calibre. They were denied freedom to act independently, even to get an education and were considered unfit for any task. In a way woman accepted and found satisfaction in being slave to men. During her childhood days, her father protects her, and after marriage her husband takes care of her; during old age her sons look after her. This was the general belief in Indian and other societies. Slowly, during the British rule and with the emergence of reformers, the condition of women underwent a tremendous change. Woman were given education and participated in social, economic and political affairs.

Deshpande solemnly declared in an interview that she is a feminist writer
''I am a woman and I do write about women, and I am going to say it loudly; I don’t want to dissociate myself” (Shashi Deshpande) (Sue Dickman, 1998:133). Casual study of her novels makes one understand that she has not only much concern for women but also she has tried to understand and suggest remedial measures for their everyday problems in the patriarchal society. The protagonists of her novels are woman who have to struggle for even trivial things in their troublesome life. They have to face the challenges in their day to day life, and that may help quench their thirst for freedom, to say the least.

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Vimala.V. M.A., M.Phil., Ph. D. Candidate
Professor of English
Bharath Niketan Engineering College
Theni-625531
Tamilnadu
India
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