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Reimagining Womanhood in Indian English Fiction: A Comparative Study of Kamala Markandaya and Shashi Deshpande

Author(s) Dr. Mohammad Mahaboobpasha pasha, Mr. Putta Parusharamudu .
Country India
Abstract Abstract
This comparative study explores the literary contributions of Kamala Markandaya and Shashi Deshpande, two influential voices in Indian English literature who have significantly shaped the portrayal of women’s experiences across varied socio-cultural and historical contexts. Despite their differing locations—Markandaya writing from a diasporic perspective and Deshpande from within India—both authors engage deeply with themes of womanhood, identity, and resistance, offering complementary insights into the evolving condition of Indian women. Kamala Markandaya’s novels, including Nectar in a Sieve, Some Inner Fury, and The Nowhere Man, reflect post-independence anxieties and the tensions between tradition and modernity. Her female characters often endure hardship with quiet resilience, embodying a subtle form of feminism rooted in rural poverty, cultural conflict, and displacement. Writing from outside India, Markandaya adopts a macrocosmic lens, addressing broad concerns such as colonialism, migration, and the East-West divide. In contrast, Shashi Deshpande centers her fiction on the inner lives of urban, educated women, grappling with emotional isolation, patriarchal expectations, and the search for selfhood. Novels like The Dark Holds No Terrors, That Long Silence, and Small Remedies use introspective narration to delve into existential dilemmas and assert female agency, reflecting a more direct and self-aware feminist stance. By analyzing their thematic preoccupations, characterizations, and narrative strategies, this study highlights how both authors contribute to the evolution of feminist discourse in Indian English fiction. Though stylistically and contextually distinct, their works offer rich and nuanced perspectives on female subjectivity, underscoring the dynamic interplay of gender, identity, and resistance in postcolonial and contemporary Indian literature.
Keywords Reimagining Womanhood in Indian English Fiction, Kamala Markandaya, Shashi Deshpande
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On 2025-04-12
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.41394
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9fcc5
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