Because of the rigid rules and regulations of the patriarchal society we have to empower women for the development of the society itself. In the Vedic Ages women were highly respected in Indian society. “Sahadharmini†which means equal partner was used in that period. Women enjoyed respect, equality, education, and reverence at that time. It was in the age of Sutras and Epics i.e. in 500 B.C. to A.D.500 that the status of women changed considerably. Their position within the society was deteriorated day by day. Manu said that a woman has to be dependent before marriage on her parents and after marriage on her husband. Throughout their life they have to maintain their role as an obedient daughter, as a devoted wife, and as a caring mother. They became the subordinate and silence second sex under the strong clutches of the patriarchal society. The feminist of India consider him as a misogynist. However since independence, the role and status of women have been gradually changed. Through different type of feministic movement which is the outburst of centuries of struggle for women's rights, women become successful to snatch a respectable position for them within the society. Being a woman, the Indian novelists of the contemporary literature raised their voices against the suppressed cultures and traditions of the society where women are considered as inferior to men, through their writings. In this particular paper, the contemporary Indian novelist Anita Desai's two novels ‘Cry, the Peacock' and ‘Clear Light of Day' have been taken up for a brief discussion to understand the status of women in Indian society. Dolan Ghosh | Dr. Anita Singh "Modus Operandi of Empowering Women in Some Selected Novels of Anita Desai" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46370.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/46370/modus-operandi-of-empowering-women-in-some-selected-novels-of-anita-desai/dolan-ghosh
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Modus Operandi of Empowering Women in
Some Selected Novels of Anita Desai
Dolan Ghosh
1
, Dr. Anita Singh
2
1Research Scholar, 2Associate Professor,
1,2Jharkhand Rai University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
ABSTRACT
Because of the rigid rules and regulations of the patriarchal society
we have to empower women for the development of the society itself.
In the Vedic Ages women were highly respected in Indian society.
“Sahadharmini” which means equal partner was used in that period.
Women enjoyed respect, equality, education, and reverence at that
time. It was in the age of Sutras and Epics i.e. in 500 B.C. to A.D.500
that the status of women changed considerably. Their position within
the society was deteriorated day by day. Manu said that a woman has
to be dependent before marriage on her parents and after marriage on
her husband. Throughout their life they have to maintain their role as
an obedient daughter, as a devoted wife, and as a caring mother. They
became the subordinate and silence second sex under the strong
clutches of the patriarchal society. The feminist of India consider him
as a misogynist. However since independence, the role and status of
women have been gradually changed. Through different type of
feministic movement which is the outburst of centuries of struggle
for women’s rights, women become successful to snatch a
respectable position for them within the society. Being a woman, the
Indian novelists of the contemporary literature raised their voices
against the suppressed cultures and traditions of the society where
women are considered as inferior to men, through their writings. In
this particular paper, the contemporary Indian novelist Anita Desai’s
two novels ‘Cry, the Peacock’ and ‘Cl