Women make their own destines in the select works of chitra banerjee divakaruni

Abstract

The thesis on WOMEN MAKE THEIR OWN DESTINIES IN THE newlineSELECT WORKS OF CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI is aimed to study the newlinesufferings of women in India as well as women immigrated to America, in the family, in newlinethe society in the name of tradition and modernity and the evolution of the self. newline The study is based on the approaches of feminism and psychoanalysis which newlineanalyses the evolution of marriage, human relationship and the human mind and newlineadoption of the ever changing need of the individual and society and then coping with newlinethe rival pulls of tradition and modernity newline The study is carried out to point out how empowerment, self realization, newlineassertiveness bring about transformation in the lives of the subjugated women. newline The works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni taken for the study are the The Palace newlineof Illusions, Oleander Girl, Sister of My Heart, The Mistress of Spices, The Vine of newlineDesire and a collection of short story named, Arranged Marriage. The various situations newlinein their life from childhood to adulthood in the life of a woman from the selected works newlineare studied to find, how they liberate themselves from the clutches of patriarchy and newlinehow they gain their freedom and independence. newline The thesis aims to highlighting how her women protagonists become bold newlineenough to come out of the shackles of the out molded traditions and customs. Women in newlineher novels, question the validity of the accepted set of age old values and rebels against newlinethe existing moral codes and social norms, which imprisons them. newline