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- Title
Women and Marginalization in Jaishree Misra's A Scandalous Secret.
- Authors
Karpagam, R.; Madhan, P.
- Abstract
The Indian culture nurtures and highly values the family integrity and so the stretching of traditional values becomes a part of an individual's dreams in life. Hence in India westernization of the culture becomes a social taboo. The walls of confinement become a part of married woman's life, the fascination towards one's own dream and the related decisions shatter due to the preservation of culture. Jaishree Misra's, novel A Scandalous Secret portrays the pressure and mental conflict faced by the protagonist Neha due to the conventional culture. Neha, obsessed in love with her Professor, surrenders herself to his lust. The early pregnancy of the former and the distressing state makes her desert her new-born daughter to an English couple. The society where premarital sex and maternity is considered a sin makes her abandon her child and marry an Indian according to the wishes of her parents. The concealed relationship with her daughter makes her stand between truth and trauma and makes her marginalised in terms of cultural ethics. This paper will elaborately deal with 'Women and Marginalisation' as it is portrayed in Jaishree Misra's fictional works.
- Subjects
SCANDALOUS Secret, A (Book); MISRA, Jaishree; SOCIAL marginality; SOCIAL conditions of women; WESTERNIZATION
- Publication
Language in India, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 9, p261
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Literary Criticism