Recritiquing Women's Writing in English, 2 Volumes Set

Volume 2 CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements iii
• Contributors v
1. Indian Feminine Sensibility in Current Indian-English
Women Poets
Dr. M.F. Patel 1
2. Existential Dilemma in Anita Desai's Voices in the City
Dr. Poonam Rani Gllpta 16
3. Feminism Reconsidered: A Study of Anita. Desai's Cry,
the Peacock
Vinod Kumar Maheshwari 24
4. Rukmani as an epitome of Indian Womanhood: A
Critical Consideration of Kamala Markandaya's Nectar
in a Sieve
Dr. S. John Peter Joseph 35
5. Feminist Voices in The Novels of Kamala Markandaya
Dr. Ram Sharma 49
6. Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds no Terrors as a
Feminist Work
Dr. MnlliknrjuJ/ PnW 67
7. Shashi Deshpande's That Long Silellce: A Feminist
Approach
Dr. Blzngnbnt Nnynk 75
8. The Stolle Angel: The Story of a Woman with a Will
Dr. Bnsavnraj Naikar 105
9. Role of Society in the Novels of Nayantara Sahgal
Dr. l~nlll Shnrma 128

10. Gita Hariharan's The Thousand Faces of The Night: A
Study
Dinesh B. Chaudhary 138
11. Feminist Element in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Get Ready
for Battle
Dr. Rudra Prasad Mahto 144
12. Abhiyatri: The Story of a Rebellion Woman
Dr. Basavaraj Naiknr 151
13. Kamala Das's The Looking Glass: A Woman's Writing
Prof Sanknr Prasad Singha & Dr. Joyjit Ghosh 189
14. Narrative Technique and Symbol and Myth Pattern in
the Shorter Fiction of Shashi Deshpande
Dr. B.K. Sharma 195



Volume 2 CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements iii
• Contributors v
1. Surveillance and Open Panopticons in Barna's Sal/gati
and Amwelli
Dr. Miss. M. Rosary Royal'
2. Writings From the Margins: A Study of Shashi
Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terrors
Dr. Ram Sharma 14
3. Kiran Desai Desai's The Inheritance of Loss as a Post-
Modern Novel
Dr. Malliknrjz!11 Patil 20
4. Crisis of Identity in Anita Desai's Bye-Bye, Black Bitt!
Dr. Basavaraj Naikar ~J
5. Mingling of The Themes of Fear, H unger, Despair and
Hope in Kamala Markandaya's novel Nectar in a Si('1'(,
Maniari lhllnjlzllnwala 41
6. Bharati Mukherjee as a Diasporic Writer
Dinesh B. Challdhary 49
7. Hunger and Degradation in The Novels of Kamala
Markandaya
Dr. Ram Sharma 56
8. Shantha Rama Rau's Novels: A Comparative Study
Dr. Basavaraj Naiknr 70
9. Interpreter of Maladies: A Saga of Asian Immigrants
Dr. Sharada lyer 80
10. Identity Crisis in The Novels of Nayantara Sahgal
Dr. Ram Sharma 87

II. Anita Desai's Fasting Feastillg: A Submerged Iceherg
Or.N.K. Nl!b lO2
12. A Novel of Revolt Against Social Injustice and
Oppression on Women: A Thematic Analysis of
Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
R.K. Mi5hm 119
13. Delineation ofFilial Bonds in Kamala Markandaya'sA
HalldfulofRice
Or. B.K. Sharma 135
14. Modern Concept of Marriage in the Novels of
Nayantara Sahgal
Or. Ram Sharma 142
15. Arundhati Roy's Life, Mind and Art
Or. Amar Nath Prasad 156
16. The Theme of Death and Suicide in the Poetry of
Kamala Das: A Thematic Study of Her Verses
R.K. Mishra 186
17. Existential Alienation in Bharati Mukherjee's Wife
Oint'sh B. Chaudhary 194
18. The Theme of Breakdown of Communication in
Marital Life in Jhumpa Lahiri's Story A Temporary
Matter
B.S. Nimavat 199
19. Manju Kapoor's Difficult Daughters: A Study
Oill(,slz B. Clzalldlzaru 207