“One is not born, but rather becomes woman. No biological, psychological or economic fate determines the figure that the female presents in a society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature…which is described as feminine” (Simon de Beauvoir301) the pathetic condition of women in all over the world forced Simon de Beauvoir to expose their marginalized status in her celebrated book, “The second sex”. Mary Wollstonecraft in” A vindication of the right of women” (1792) also throws light on her intense urge to make women free and independent. She opines, “I do not wish them (women) to have power over men, but over themselves, (Wollstonecraft 81). If we talk about the condition of woman in India, than it is equally miserable,
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She has portrayed the numerous schemes developed by the patriarchs to curb female freedom and independence. The third novel HOME which deals with the plight of women in a joint family and how that joint family plays havoc in their life. Home is the story of middle class family in Karol Bag of Delhi who has come from Pakistan after independence. The story which explores the complex terrain of the Indian family and reveals many issues that are deep rooted within the family. The Indian women are always expected to follow the illustration of sita, savitri and gandhari. But the noticeable point is that these ideal women existed only in epics. They were princesses and queens and were much far from the pains and sufferings of the woman in the modern world who doesn’t even have an identity of her own. She lives for others and breathes for others. The female protagonists of the Indian novels are mostly educated, aspiring individuals caged within confines of a conservative society. Their education leads them to independent thinking for which their family and society become intolerant of them. They struggle between tradition and modernity. It is their individual struggle with family and society, through which they plunge into a dedicated effort to carve an identity for themselves as qualified women with faultless backgrounds. The novel HOME revolves around the same
She has portrayed the numerous schemes developed by the patriarchs to curb female freedom and independence. The third novel HOME which deals with the plight of women in a joint family and how that joint family plays havoc in their life. Home is the story of middle class family in Karol Bag of Delhi who has come from Pakistan after independence. The story which explores the complex terrain of the Indian family and reveals many issues that are deep rooted within the family. The Indian women are always expected to follow the illustration of sita, savitri and gandhari. But the noticeable point is that these ideal women existed only in epics. They were princesses and queens and were much far from the pains and sufferings of the woman in the modern world who doesn’t even have an identity of her own. She lives for others and breathes for others. The female protagonists of the Indian novels are mostly educated, aspiring individuals caged within confines of a conservative society. Their education leads them to independent thinking for which their family and society become intolerant of them. They struggle between tradition and modernity. It is their individual struggle with family and society, through which they plunge into a dedicated effort to carve an identity for themselves as qualified women with faultless backgrounds. The novel HOME revolves around the same