English Literature on Social Discrimination, Fiction, Democracy and Feminism

Indian English literature is the collection of articles written by Indian writers. This article depicts the writings of women authors. Most of the women Indian writers in English literature focussed their views on different concepts such as social discrimination, fiction, non-fiction, literacy, democracy, human rights and feminism. The articles are based on their real life experiences as well. A few writings of Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Meena Anand, Gita Piramal, Jasodhara Bagchi, Manjula Padmanabhan, Meena Alexander, Sarojini Naidu, Nayantara Sahgal and Rama Mehta are summarised in this article. The authors and their contribution to “The God of Small Things, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, Interpreter of Meledies, A Voice for Freedom, Dalit Women: Fear and Discrimination, Managing Radical Change, Indian Women: Myth and Reality, House of Thousand Doors, Double talk and Inside the Haveli” are portrayed. These works are considered as the assets of Indian literature which attained several acclamations. The article purely deals with the Indian women writers whose contributions are well utilised for the welfare of the country's development in different ways.