The Woman Question

The present book mainly deals with the works done by Nayantara Sahgal, Manju Kapur and Arundhati Roy to explore the Woman Question raised by these novelists. They have given a new dimension to the Indian Novels in English, by shifting the emphasis from outer to inner reality.The book is divided into eight full-length chapters. The first chapter deals with the subordinate position of women prevailing in the Indian society and their struggle for the achievement of equality, dignity, and freedom of choice to control lives and bodies within and outside the home. The chapter also contains the biographical details of selected novelists along with summary of their works. The second chapter will focus on Nayantara Sahgal's Rich Like Us. The main objective of this chapter is to trace the growth of the women protagonists who are victims of bigamy.