LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
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Theme of Self-realisation in Namita Gokhale’s
Paro: Dreams of Passion and Gods, Graves and Grandmother

R. Kanimozhi, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.

Abstract

Namita Gokhale has seen human life in her novels from the perspective of a woman. She has tried to redefine the feminine role in society. In Paro: Dreams of Passion, the protagonist Paro is a representative of an aristocratic class, where everything is acceptable in the name of modernization. She has used the feminine power for earning money, status and goodwill of the various men she comes across in her life. Through the narrator Priya, the author condemns Paro’s immoral deeds. Paro has intuitively realized the truth which many women are able to only after a consummate life-long struggle. Finally, Paro commits suicide. Her intention is merely to present herself as a liberated woman but the liberation she chose for herself was hollow and false. In Gods, Graves and Grandmother, the protagonist Gudiya suffers from repression of emotions and desires. She is also under great psychological stress and nervous tension, and feels the burden of loneliness and confusion weigh down upon her without any proper support and guidance from her grandmother. Apart from that Gudiya suffers as her husband Kalki drinks and beat her up. Gudiya has no one with whom she could share her problems. But Gudiya carries the fighting spirit of her grandmother Ammi within her and she becomes more confident and self-assured individual. She leaves her past and looks forward to the bright future of her daughter. Namita Gokhale is the champion of feminine psychology. She very boldly depicts the psychological effects caused by external agencies or factors upon the protagonists Paro in Paro: Dreams of Passion and Gudiya in Gods, Graves and Grandmother. Women struggle to get their freedom while living along with other members of society. They are not directed by others. They themselves struggle hard to lead a life of their own and they are conscious of their self. This consciousness leads them towards the realization of their autonomous selves.

Keywords:

Namita Gokhale’s Novels

Namita Gokhale is a leading Indian novelist. The novels of Namita Gokhale reveal her keen concern for welfare of women. Women in her novels make an attempt to shake off the shackles of social convention. Gokhale’s characters are sourced from all walks of life. Namita Gokhale projects the image of a new woman with a difference. Her female protagonists refuse to remain shadowy beings, and utilize their sexuality, gender identities and their inner strength to come out of the man’s shadow and achieve identity of their own.

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R. Kanimozhi, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.
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