Women Empowerment in Indian Writers in English
Contents: Preface. 1. Identity crisis: a feminist perspective/B.P. Sinha. 2. Art paving way to activism: a sign of women empowerment in modern Indian feminist writings/Shibu Simon and Sijo Varghese C. 3. Women’s predicament in the contemporary society/Shailaja B. Wadikar. 4. Harbingers of feminist consciousness in Indian writings in english/Samir Kumar Sharma. 5. Representation of Indian women in men’s poetry/Shaleen Kumar Singh. 6.Question or rebel: the Indian women in the works of some Indian women writers/Bithika D. Sarkar. 7. The Emancipation of women in Bhabani Bhattacharya’s music for mohini/Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Rama Kant Sharma. 8. Quest and conquest in music for mohini/Siva Narayan Dash. 9. Shashi Deshpande’s ‘roots and shadows’ a feminist study/Dr. Gunjan Sushil. 10. Facets of feminism in Sashi Deshpande’s the dark hold no terrors/Bhabani S. Baral. 11. Dilemmas of woman in Anita Desai’s fasting, feasting and Arundhati Roy’s the God of small things/Veena Singh. 12. Portrayal of a new woman: a study of Manju Kapur’s a married woman/Ashok Kumar. 13. The exploration of Indian hypocrisy in Shoba de”second thoughts”/Deepali Agrawat. 14. Kamala Das: empowering woman’s voice/Sharad Rajimwale. 15. Feminism in Kamala Das’ Poetry/Santhosh Chakrabarti. 16. Defining feminism in the poetry of Kamala Das/ D.K. Mandal. 17. The plight and plunder of a helpless women in Vijay Tendulkar’s silence! the court is in session/Amar Nath Prasad. 18. Gender discrimination in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: a study of prejudice in patriarchal society/Santwana Haldar. 19. Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: gender preference in Indian culture/Sarika Srivastava. Index.
“Women Empowerment in Indian Writers in English is a humble attempt to critically analyse and elucidate the various aspects of Indian feminine sensibilities in the light of both Indian and western thoughts and aesthetics. Since the time immemorial, women have been the victim of male domination. They have been bearing the brunt of patriarchy and gender discrimination in every nook and corner of the world. This anthology of critical papers tries to evaluate the present condition of women as portrayed in various works of Indian writers in English. The articles are related to the identity crisis of women, their predicament in the contemporary society, feminist consciousness, the emancipation of women, their dilemma and doubt, the concept of new women etc.
The book, it is hoped, will be of great help to all those students, teachers and research scholars who want to be acquainted with the various aspects of feminism and women empowerment.” (jacket)
