Central Idea in Kamala Markandaya’s A Silence of Desire

Seema  Bai

Central Idea in Kamala Markandaya’s A Silence of Desire

Exploring the Clash Between Traditional Values and Modern Beliefs

by Seema Bai*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 15, Issue No. 1, Apr 2018, Pages 899 - 901 (3)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals

ABSTRACT

Kamala Markandaya the pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, one of the most talented women writers of Indian fiction in English, was born to a well-connected Brahman family. Her novel A Silence of Desire (1960), explores the theme of the clash between traditional values and modern beliefs, between faith and reason. Dandekar is a middle class clerk who is happily married to Sarojini.

KEYWORD

Kamala Markandaya, fiction, English, traditional values, modern beliefs, faith, reason, Dandekar, Sarojini, clash