LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:12 December 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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Man’s Eternal Quest for Significance in Gita Mehta’s
A River Sutra and Raj

G. Manimekalai, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.


Abstract

Gita Mehta is a contemporary writer of Indian Writing in English. Her novels mainly focus on Indian culture and heritage. Her works take up matters and issues that reflect the religious, economic and socio- political conditions of India. Gita Mehta's books are smart investigations into the ideas, people, history and personalities that have determined what has shaped modern India. Her novel A River Sutra presents the river as a timeless source of Indian spirituality, its banks thronged by holy men and by pilgrims searching for enlightenment. It is an exploration of a soul for the cultural identity through which the heritage of India could be viewed. In the novel Raj, Gita Mehta presents her characters especially the women characters as the pillars of strength and decisiveness in a male-dominated world. In fact Raj is an ideal text for the study of the working of tradition and the need for change with regards to the status of women. Jaya responds to change in her personal and political life with surprising openness and resilience and manages to hold her own. She is a woman who accepts change gracefully and at last fills in the form for candidature in the elections. In both the novels, characters seek significance.

Gita Mehta among Indian Women Novelists

A number of Indian women novelists made their debut in the 1990s, producing novels which revealed the true state of Indian society and its treatment of women. These writers were born after Indian independence, and the English language does not have colonial associations for them. Their work is marked by an impressive feel for the language, and an authentic presentation of contemporary India, with all its regional variations. They generally write about the urban middle class, the stratum of society they know best. Among these writers, Gita Mehta occupies a unique position as a writer who elucidates uniquely Indian experience in a clear and intelligent voice. She occupies a special niche in Indian fiction in English. Her novel constitutes a unique and valuable contribution to the literature of the world. Her three novels are powerful critiques on modern life exposing the shallowness of the spiritual, political and secular modes of living. Her theme is mainly focused on religious, economic and socio-political conditions of India.

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G. Manimekalai, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.
S.F.R. College
Sivakasi 626123
Tamilnadu
India
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