Abstract

AN EXPLORATION OF THE MARGINALIZED VOICES IN THE NOVELS OF INDIRA GOSWAMI

Dr Deepak Upadhyay

Volume: 3 Issue: 2 2013

Abstract:

Indira Goswami is one of the most celebrated writers of Indian English literature. Her novels unsparingly portray the Indian culture and traditions especially that of the marginalized sections. She has realistically presented the callous and inhuman treatment meted out to the widows in our society. By giving insight into the intimate recesses of the lives of the indigent and helpless widows in our society, Indira Goswami has exposed how we are insensitive and inconsiderate towards them. She herself was a widow and, therefore, her experiences together with the coloring of her imagination bring out artistically the suffering and the pain that a widow goes through in her life. This research paper attempts to bring out how Goswami in her novels exposes the ill treatment, the physical and psychological trauma that widows are subjected to. It will also take in its purview how her deep concerns for the poor and helpless widows and their unheard voices within their families and outside make her stand apart.

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