Quest for Discovery in the Novels of Anita Nair A Feministic Perspective

Feminism is by no means a monolithic term at all. When one looks for a specific strand in a number of its variations, it is the critique of patriarchal thought that aims at male dominance and female subordination. This patriarchal ideology teaches women to internalize this concept in a process of socialization. In the wake of feminist movement in India, themes such as womens quest for identity, search for self hood, relocation of self and consciousness to achieve a balance between tradition and modernity became popular in post colonial Indian English fiction by both male and female writers. Anita Nair is one of the contemporary writers of India in the 21st Century. Her novels mainly focus on the pathetic lives of women who wriggle in the hands of men. Her works are based on purely Indian background. She has shown the subordinate position of women in the traditional bound Indian society. The existing norms in this society are the hindrances for the rights of women and side line their existence as human beings. Randhir Kumar | Dr. Anita Kumari "Quest for Discovery in the Novels of Anita Nair: A Feministic Perspective" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd58596.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/58596/quest-for-discovery-in-the-novels-of-anita-nair-a-feministic-perspective/randhir-kumar