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Shobha De’s Feministic Approach in her Novel Starry Nights

Dr. Madhvi Verma
M.A. English, M.Ed., NET (Education), Ph.D. (English)


Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Nights

Abstract

Shobha De is one of the most popular Indian woman writers who has created a niche for herself in the realm of fiction by her tremendous writing and feministic approach in almost all her novels and articles. Her novels are undoubtedly a slice of urban life. She reveals the plight of Indian traditional woman especially the condition of the woman in the present-day society. Keeping this in mind, this present paper deals with the feministic approach in the novel “Starry Nights” by Shobha De. Feminism is a world-famous movement which promotes granting the same political, social and economical rights to females as those enjoyed by males. Women’s efforts to seek their self-identity and independence started a revolution all over the world which was termed by critics as “Feminism”. It can be considered a movement which is fought against female oppression and male dominancy. It reveals that sexual pleasure plays a pivotal role in part of women’s lives and does not discourage woman who knows how to achieve it without any sense of guilt or regret. The new generation of feminism embraces beauty and power of women’s sexuality to achieve their needs. They consider sexual pleasure as human rights. Many writers in India have talked of pleasure and its manifestations but Shobha De’s Novels has given us a new dimension to ponder over it.

Keywords: Shobha De, Starry Nights, Feminism, Agony, Suffering, Psychic, Society’s Norms and Rights

Introduction

Shobha De, the most esteemed novelist has fought with full energy against all the traditional beliefs, taboos and moral values denouncing them inferior to man. Gradually it turned into an explicit annoyance and in the end, it took shape of an open rebellion since the ancient age. Many women writers have written plenty of novels, but all their novels depicted the picture of life as it is seen through the eyes of a man and not from the eyes of a woman. But Shobha De breaks the world of English fiction by shifting from Man’s angle to woman’s angle and emphasis from the external world to the internal world. Her novels mirror the upper class urban milieu, particularly that of females. She depicts the life of an Indian woman in a modern changing and conflict-torn Indian society. No doubt her female characters are bold, daring and courageous enough to break all the myths and norms of the old age society as they do not wish to lead a life of a slave and dependent person.

Narendar Kumar Neb in his articles, “Shobha De: To Read or Not to Read” clearly remarks, “De treatment of female sexuality gives impression that she propagates free sex and macho female behavior as a means of women’s emancipation. But the reality is different, and De’s real concern are rather otherwise, Her prime concern is to expose the futility and meaningless of such kind of pseudo feminist behavior.” (163)

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Dr. Madhvi Verma
M.A. English, M.Ed., NET (Education), Ph.D. (English)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Science & Humanities
IIMT College of Engineering, Greater Noida
Madhvi9.verma@gmail.com

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