Female Voices in the Fiction of Shauna Singh Baldwin

Abstract

The author feels depressed because Indian women writers have been around since the newlinesixteenth century. and#8213;We haven t been silent, just undiscoveredand#8214; (Mehtot 1). So she takes upon her self newlinethat the central theme of her fiction will be and#8213;The Feminineand#8214;. Baldwin s fiction is full of remarkable newlinefemale characters. These women are not rebels against society or man haters. They are not out there newlineto change the world. All they have is an indomitable spirit and their faith in themselves. They build newlinetheir own identities, set goals for themselves in their lives and set out to achieve these goals. And in newlinedoing this they neither break free nor rebel or walk out of situations in conflict with their efforts. newlineThey reflect the change that is seen in the position of women after years of struggle.