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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalAnita Desai’s novels have been presenting a spectroscopic canvas of the female self as a self undergoing and grappling with the trials and tribulations of reconstruction, as an existential compulsion to establish a credible feminine identity. The women characters suffer from intense alienation because the boredom of conventional role-playing as wives and mothers stunt their growth as individuals. Desai also provides a glimpse, in her novels, into the subterranean friction, a schism between the husband’s materialistic and selfish male world and the highly sensitive and hurt female world. It is primarily because of Desai’s strong interest in Indian women’s identity and self-assertion in a patriarchal society structured by male authority that singles her out as a psychological-cum-linguistic writer who handles the subject of female and feminine self-expression as a powerful metaphysical authority.
Chetna Gupta
Chetna Gupta was born on 20 October 1975 and had done her schooling in Jammu. She was a student of Presentation Convent, Jammu. In her college days, she was more interested in debates and story writing. She did her post graduation from Jammu University.
Dr Chetna Gupta teaches English literature in a postgraduate Degree College in Jammu. She has obtained PhD from Jammu University. Besides fictional criticism she is interested in creative writing; her research interests include women studies, Indian English literature and American poetry. She has translated short stories and poems in English. She has published papers in international journals and indexed refereed journals. She has attended and presented papers at various national and international seminars organised by different universities.
