| Pub. Date | : June, 2022 |
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| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of English Studies |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJES080622 |
| Author Name | :Adwitiya Gope and Gyanabati Khuraijam |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 15 |
Contemporary discourse of 'new Indian women' corroborates representation of feminine self-interrogating cliches arising out of the interaction between tradition and modernity. This study addresses the issues relating to the changing status of Indian women to 'new Indian women' and the roles played by the new Indian women over a substantial period of time. Citing examples of protagonists from Manju Kapur's fictional oeuvre, the functional aspects of the new woman are studied. Kapur's new women are young Indian women who do not accept traditional roles conferred by domestic space, home (tradition) passively; instead, they seem to be (re)traditionalizing their strategies of domestic responsibilities. This study reveals that Manju Kapur's novels present the changing image of Indian women, who keeping pace with the ever changing India, are moving away from traditional portrayals of enduring, self-sacrificing women toward confident, assertive and aspiring individuals.