Self Realization Of Women Novels Of Githa Hariharan

Self-realization of women in novels of Githa Hariharan. Abstract- The Indian English Literature focuses on its own culture heritage, modernization of values and systems, Indian consciousness and sensibility. In the decade of sixties Indian novel in English acquired a private tone and exploration of inner life received focus at the hands of a number of Indian women novelists led by Anita Desai. In fact, the heroines of Anita Desai’s novels are hypersensitive and introverts, caught up in the vortex of domestic turmoil, enjoying brief moments of escape through protest.The legacy of Anita Desai was passed on to a number of Indian women novelists who emerged in the decades of the eighties and ineties viz. Githa Hariharan, Manju Kapur, Shashi†¦show more content†¦The quality and nature of literary work depends on the writer’s attitude of mind. They not only receive from the society but return it back to the society. The show the real face of society and various aspects of life is also revealed. A writer also intervenes th rough his/her work to reform the society we live in. There are two types of writers: conservative minded writer will emphasise the traditional ways of life. He will respect and have faith on age old ideas and ways of life. While aprogressive writer will not believe on age old practice rather he will show that these traditional ideas are only curtailment of natural freedom of man and woman. Githa Hariharan is among such ever– memorable progressive writer who has firmly expressed the complex relationship of culture and its art. She is a progressive writer who not only rejects her ties from the society but through her works simultaneously reveal the suppressed feelings and sufferings of women in patriarchy and at the same time attempt to celebrate feminine selfhood and freedom. In fact, Githa Hariharan shot into fame with her very first novel which won for her Commonwealth prize for the best debut fiction by a Eurasian author. The Novel is named The Thousand Faces of Night (1992). She grew up in Bombay but moved to the U.S.A. for a job in a television company. But she came back to India and worked as a freelance journalist as well as an editor for a newspaper. She has