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Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters

S. Sathyarani, M.Phil. Scholar


Abstract

The birth and beginning of civilization as seen as by every society has lived by certain human values and norms. Especially Indian society is bounded with traditional culture. If we specify in particular south Indian society is made up of family culture. The girl or boy in the family needs to preserve the dignity of the family whether they like it or not. This boundary makes the people to consider the value of the relationship. At one time or another one will understand the importance of their beloved ones and it bonds the separate ones. This paper aims to compare the two women characters where the readers need to know more about the protagonist Virmati from the voice of Ida who disliked her in the beginning, so taking in account the complexity of life, different histories, tradition, modernity, social and different structure of values. Women under patriarchal pressure and control are subjected too, much more burnt and social ostracism. This paper attempts an analysis of Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters from the perspective of tradition and modernity of Mother and daughter relationship.

Manju Kapur’s Theme

Manju Kapur’s theme is always based on Feminism, though she is not a full-fledged feminist. Her finest novel Difficult Daughters got the Commonwealth prize and went onto become a best seller in India. The aim of this paper is to shed light on feminist consciousness in the novels of Manju Kapur, particularly Difficult Daughters. Feminist consciousness pervades her novels. It is interesting to find that Kapur's novels abound with female protagonists. This is a feminist trait. Her female characters usually live on an edge and are driven to despair, breathing in a conventional and confined atmosphere. They put up a struggle, though it is a silent one and they refuse to be subdued. It is true that Kapur's protagonists are never able to show resentment openly, much less revolt yet they are actually conscious of suppression and oppression and are unwilling to take these in their stride.

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S. Sathyarani, M.Phil. Scholar
Adhiyaman Arts and Science College for Women
Uthangarai 635207
Tamilnadu
India

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