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Shashi deshpande states about her women characters in an interview to vanamala viswanatha. Shashi deshpande books list of books by author shashi deshpande. A matter of time by shashi deshpande nook book ebook. Shashi deshpande tries to show different segments of a womans life through various women characters in the novel. The work was carried out under my general s upervision and in strict conformity with the rules laid down for the purpose. Shashi deshpande delves in portraying the crisis of the middle class indian women. Why author shashi deshpande quit the sahitya akademi youtube. Two more writers, including the renowned author shashi deshpande have quit the sahitya akademi. Authentic female characters in the novels of shashi deshpande. Shashi deshpande is one of indias most distinguished living authors. Shashi deshpande author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
She pursued her education in dharwad, bombay and bangalore. Read that long silence by shashi deshpande available from rakuten kobo. Shashi deshpande shashi deshpande s writing career began in 1970, initially with short stories, of which several volumes have been published. Shashi deshpande shashi deshpande biography life history. The present study,based on the selected novels of shashi deshpande deals with the complexities of man woman relationship especially in the context of marriage, the trauma of disturbed adolescence with reference to five novels of shashi deshpande namely that dark holds no terrors1980, roots and shadows 1983,that long silence 1989,the. Shashi deshpande books list of books by author shashi. Aparna mukherjee 20 shashi deshpandes that long silence. The paper examines how shashi deshpandes that long silence generates a dialog regarding womens speech to counter the silence that pervades the patriarchal culture which they inhabit. The novel gains authenticity from the fact that jaya, the heroine, is a well read woman, blessed with literary sensibility though nurtured in silence which corresponds with her fictional role. That long silence by shashi deshpande is a story that many women will relate to. Suffocation of silence and dilemma of indian women ekta gupta phd research scholar university of lucknow lucknow, uttar pradesh, india abstract. Shashi deshpandes most popular book is just so stories. As the novel unfolds, all her female protagonists indu roots and shadows, saru the dark holds no terror, jaya that long silence, urmila the binding vine, sumi a.
Shashi deshpande, one of the distinguished contemporary women writers of india, has established her immensity by dealing with issue of indian women by maintaining an excellent balance between the two extremes tradition and modernity. That long silence continues with the issues of women subjugation arising from marriage in an extended way. That long silence of shashi deshpande shows that women have been keeping silence since long inspite of being under the. In her novel that long silence, jaya, the protagonist is a sufferer since her childhood and right up. Jaya, an educated middleclass woman living with her husband and kids, rahul and. These days i am trying to locate quality indian literature. Shashi deshpande born in 1938 in dharwad, karnataka, india, is an awardwinning indian novelist. Jayas life comes apart at the seams when her husband is asked.
She has won the prestigious sahitya academy award for her fifth novel, that long silence in 1989, she was awarded padma shri in 2009. It achieves greater creditability that jaya, the protagonist is a very well read personand a writer who corresponds with her fictional role. Marriage as an institution and novels of shashi deshpande. Gender and disharmony in shashi desphandes that long silence. Resonance of the silence in shashi deshpandes that long silence. Deshpande has written four childrens books, a number of. Shashi deshpande is a winner of the sahitya akademi award for that long. Shashi deshpande is an award winning indian novelist.
Often in spite of the writers best effort, the narrator fails to. Perhaps deshpandes best work is her fifth novel, that long silence. She won the sahitya akademi award for the novel that long silence in 1990 and the padma shri award in 2009. She is the second daughter of famous kannada dramatist and writer sriranga. Her latest novels are shadow play and strangers to. Shashi deshpande is a writer who can focus intensely and elaborately on a network of male repression and is concerned with making statements regarding the politics of male power and its effect on women. Jun 30, 2009 that long silence is a work of fiction for which author won the sahitya academy award way back in 1990. Feminist perspective in shashi deshpandes that long silence. Pdf feminist perspective in shashi deshpandes that long silence.
The narrator jaya, an uppermiddleclass housewife with two teenage children, is forced to take stock of her life when her husband is suspected of fraud. Women novelists indian writing individual indoanglian indu indus jaya jayant kalpana liberated literary criterion literature live long silence male manu manus manusmriti marriage married mira miras modern mohan mother naren nayantara sehgal never. That long silence is a hysterical novel in the sense that inside of me i was kind of screaming, but when it came out as you said. That long silence seeks to represent the plight of women especially jaya kulkarni the main protagonist in a. Jays life comes apart at the seams when her husband is asked to leave his job while allegations of business malpractice against him are investigated. That long silence ebook by shashi deshpande 9789386057426. Resonance of the silence in shashi deshpandes that long silence 267 shashi deshpande, has emerged as a writer possessing deep insight into the female psyche. Dec 03, 2014 its true we need all kinds of books, not only because the publisher needs to make money but because of the vast number of readers with a vast number of tastes out there, says famous indian novelist and short story writer shashi deshpande in this interview with kitaab fiction editor monideepa sahu. Shashi deshpande ranks high in the list of top indian authors, so it was natural to pick up one of her books. Shashi deshpande shashi deshpande poems poem hunter.
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