Women in the Major Novels and Short Stories of Raja Rao

Abstract

Raja Rao with his philosophic consciousness and study of Indian myths and newlinelegends distinguishes himself in the Indian writings in English and especially among newlinethe Great Trio (Anand, Narayan and Raja Rao) who raised the Indian novels in English newlineto international heights. A descendant of Vidyaranyaswamy, an Advaita Vedantist after newlineAdi Shankaracharya, his mind and vision have been profoundly influenced by Advaita newlinePhilosophy, Tantrism, Buddhism, Sunyavad and Indian metaphysics. His Philosophic newlineawareness is at the root of the unique treatment his women protagonists in the major newlinewritings receive. His women characters can be studied from different perspectives: as newlineShakti Swarupini, New women , as Orthodox village women , as Mischievous newlineSlender-mongers and as object of desire and enjoyment. newline