LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:7 July 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Cultural Identity amidst Modernity in Rama Mehta’s
Inside the Haveli

Mrs. M. J. Aarthi, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil.,
Ph.D. Scholar


Abstract

Our culture, our tradition and our language are the foundations upon which we build our identity. The paper concentrates on the study of “Cultural Identity amidst Modernity in Rama Mehta’s Inside the Haveli”. Rama Mehta’s Sahitya Academy award winning novel Inside the Haveli is a hall mark piece of the saying that literature is a mirror of the society and that the artists are the shaping spirits. The novel produces a pen picture of the haveli in Rajasthan. It also serves as a seminal proof for the life style of the womenfolk. The novelist, herself, being Rajasthani woman, stands witness to the lives and experience of the characters in the novel. The main objective is to throw light on the inner struggle of the optimistic life style of the major characters. The discussions contribute to the enlightening of the didactic elements in the novel. The persuasive style of the novel puts forth love as the basic force and common cause to construct a world community of compromise.

Keywords: Culture, Tradition, Modern, Haveli, Purdah

Indian Women and Modernity

The Indian woman experiences a perpetual conflict between a traditional mode of life and the modern outlook. Traditionally she is safely ensconced within her home, engaged in managing household and family matters throughout her life. Modernity promises her individualism, mobility and permissiveness. Contemporary fiction in English by Indian writers often explores the contention and consequences between tradition and modernity in India on the lives of women. Rama Mehta, New Indian woman writer, has explored the nuances of this issue in her fiction. She has presented the impact of modernization, the feminine psyche and behavior, and its repression in the traditional set-up of Indian society. Caught between the deadening influence of orthodoxy and the liberation forces of modernity, her woman protagonist provides a challenging study.

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M. J. Aarthi, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. Scholar
Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous)
Erode
Thindal
Erode 638012
Tamil Nadu
India
aarthi.english@gmail.com
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