Status of Women in Shashi Deshpande’s Novels

Exploring Gender and Family Dynamics in Shashi Deshpande's Novels

Abstract

One benefit of feminist is that women's roles and position in society have gained attention andare now important concerns. It reframed the problems in a way that sparked a massive, rationalconversation and called attention to many facets of women's involvement in history. Literatureenthusiastically embraced this free discussion and helped to raise topics from a variety of angles as acarrier of ideas. Indian literature may also claim a very rich legacy in this way, although a significant partis unquestionably much influenced by western concept. In an effort to preserve the option of choosing andfree sex without providing a true notion of the outcome, the family and the institution of marriage havecome under vehement attack, even without a justifiable justification. To evaluate Shashi Deshpande'sbooks in this respect is the task of the current test. To select the focus of the problems relating to familyand the basis of marriage, it is necessary to balancely consider the role and position of Indian women.