Alienated voices in the novels of Bharati Mukherjee

Abstract

Indian women writers have given a new facet to the Indian literature. Indian English Literature has transformed over a period of time and developments of writings in English did not start in a day. It took many years to cope up the present status. Several women writers composed songs and short stories before the rise of novels. It is believed that women are the upholders of the Indian tradition of fables. In the middle of the 19th century, more women started to write in English language. During this period, more women dynamically participated in India s reformist movement against the British Empire. This led to the developments of women s literature. At that time, their writings mainly determined the country s freedom struggle. This period led to the emergence of women novelists writings in English, who provided a new dimension in the narrative art of novel writing. Among the women writers in English, Bharti Mukherjee occupies a unique position because of her deep consideration and reflection upon the inner expression of her characters. She has revealed a discriminating awareness of life in her characters. As Asnani states, newlineWithdrawn into a life of isolation and loneliness, these women characters have their material needs taken care of by wealth and servants but their emotional needs remain unsatisfied. (Asnani 6 Theory and practice) newlineEducation has given a sense to women in facing the changes. But they are not supposed to change things in their own way. The representation of the women of the third world and their plight of growth and development of India. This issue delves into the extent the fight for female equality and putting their dreams into reality. This notion has been discussed by Shashi Tharoor in his work Riot and makes an attempt to analyse the third wave of feminism which was emerged in the 1990s. He put more stresses on the individual empowerment of women. newlineThe tales of Indian women has been documenting through the works from the classical era up until now in the Indian literature. The male autho