LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
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Portrayal of Women in Githa Hariharan’s Novels:
The Thousand Faces of Night and When Dreams Travel

K. G. Maheswari, M.A., M.Phil.

Githa Hariharan, a Leading Fiction Writer in Indian Writing in English

Githa Hariharan is one of the most prolific woman writers of India. She was born in Coimbatore in 1954. She was brought up in Bombay and Manila and got her education in these two places besides the U.S.A. She has been an editor, first in a publishing house and then as a freelancer. Githa Hariharan is also a social activist known for her care and concern for women. In 1995, she challenged the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act as discriminative in the Supreme Court of India and was accorded victory.

The Works of Githa Hariharan

The works of Githa Hariharan include novels, short stories, articles, columns and also the essays of different topics that interest her. Githa Hariharan published her first novel The Thousand Faces of Night in 1992 and was awarded the Commonwealth writer’s prize in 1993. This novel was followed by The Ghost of Vasu Master (1994). Her third novel When Dreams Travel appeared in 1999 and it was quickly followed by In Times of Siege (2003). Her latest publication is Fugitive Histories which appeared in 2009. Besides novels, Githa hariharan has also authored a collection of short stories, The Art of Dying (1993), and books of short stories for children, The Winning Team which came out in 2004. A Southern Harvest (1993)is a collection of short stories from south India translated by Githa Hariharan.

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