LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 17:8 August 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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From Cage to Sky: Bharati Mukherjee’s Miss New India
An Analysis

R. Kavitha, M.A., M.Phil.
Dr. S. Ramanathan, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.


Abstract

In Indian Culture, women encounter many problems and difficulties within their families and in the society. The life of women had been restricted until now by certain limits. They cannot lead their own lives as men do. Women were supposed to come across many hurdles both in their family and in the society just to live their day-to-day lives. Culture, Custom and Tradition pulled them back to where they began. Like the parrot in the cage, they cannot express their wishes but can only parrot the others. The present paper spotlights the determination of Mukherjee’s protagonist towards her destiny to be free and her unexpected experiences in a new state and her attempts to frame the desired life. No one can expect the red carpet welcome in every place. But, if any one wants to achieve, he/she should be in the position to have the attitude to imagine the road before them, which is in reality filled with thorn, is rather filled with only rose petals.

Keywords: Bharati Mukherjee, Protagonist, women’s oppression, dislocation, experience, determination, society, tradition

Portrayal of Women in Pre-independence Indian Writing in English

In Pre-independence India, women faced a different status in the society. They were suppressed inside the four walls of the kitchen and most of them were illiterate. They were not allowed to express their wishes and needs in the family. The Indian authors’ portrayal of Indian women claimed the notice of the world. The great Indian English Writers like Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, R. K. Narayanan and Kamala Markandaya tried to draw more natural characteristics of the female.


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R. Kavitha, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Syed Ammal Engineering College
Ramanathapuram-623 502
Tamilnadu
India
kavitha_english@yahoo.co.in

Dr. S. Ramanathan, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Dr. Zakir Husain College
Ilayangudi-623 507
Tamilnadu
India
ramsmar@yahoo.co.in


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