Themes Of Alienation And Reconciliation In Select Novels Of Anita Desai And Bharati Mukherjee

Abstract

Indian English women fiction writers portray the status of women through their writings in the Indian context. No matter whether women have problems with their male partners, mothers-in-law, and the elders of the family, they are anticipated to accept whatever comes to them. Though the suppression of women is an age-old concept, it is everywhere in society.  Women have many ways to free themselves from psychological issues and physical assaults. But something inside them is not allowed to come out from them. Familial ties, affection, responsibility, etc. tie women into a family as well as disharmonies, hatred, struggles, physical assaults, communication gaps, incompatibilities, and negligence make women feel alienated. Though women hold many degrees and excellent positions, they are not allowed to rationalize things inside their own house. Some women fiction writers depict their women characters as achievers after all the obstacles.