Shakuntala As A Role Model Of Virmati

In response to the curious child’s queries about the conditions of the women around them, the grandmother usually narrated a story appropriate to the occasion instead of giving a direct reply. The parallels and the mythological equivalents had a profound impact on the mind of Devi. The story of Gandhari was narrated to Devi when she inquired about the veena in her mother’s photograph. When Sita, Devi’s mother came to the house of her in –laws, she had brought a veena with her and used to play on it when she found leisure. Her father-in-law once admonished her for neglecting her duties and questioned whether she was really a wife and a daughter-in-law. In the extended Hindu family, a bride’s position was primarily that of a daughter-in-law and not that of a wife. The in-laws and other family members viewed the nearly arrived bride with suspicion even as she grappeled with the new situation and tried hard to come to terms with herself in the changed

Kamala Das’sMy Story is the documentation of her psychological development fromthe childhood to womanhood. The sense of loneliness and frustration of her unsuccessful married life, creates various problem in her life. She suffers from the mental disease. She is sometime guided by death instinct and sometimes by life instinct. Anxiety and loneliness force her for suicidal attempt but her involvement in creative works, givingbirth to three sons and at last realization of value of life shows her victory over death instinct by life

The parents make frantic attempts to marry Uma- perhaps the final terminus for every Indian girl. She undergoes two traumatic experiences related to matrimony. Firstly, a suitor waits in the wings when the boy's family visits Uma's family and demands the hand of Aruna, the younger sister instead. Meanwhile, another proposal comes for Uma in which the boy's parents ask for dowry under the pretext of using it to build a house for Uma and their son. After the engagement, when negotiation began for the wedding, the prospective groom's parents break off the betrothal with the excuse that the boy was opting for higher education. Uma is a shattered girl when fuel was added to fire in the form of numerous marriage proposals for her younger sister. Aruna was better in many ways, physically, academically and even in

As woman is always a sufferer for no fault of her, always victims of male dominated society. She has to play different role in her life. When girl is born, she has to become the target of criticism in many forms for being born as a girl. In her childhood she has to depend on the father. Women always depend on husband after the marriage, and in her old age she depends on the son for her subsistence. As a mother she has to obey her sons, as a wife she has to obey her husband and as a daughter she has to obey her father. Despite her great sacrifices, she faces several male-dominated sufferings. The personality of the typical woman was overwhelmingly swamped by the male dominated attitudes against the backdrop of an exclusively

Kamala is the master tutor of the material world, this makes her the opposite of Gotama who is the master tutor of the spiritual world. Whilst Gotama teaches his followers the virtues of patience and inner peace, Kamala focuses on a lifestyle of “living in the moment”. She also contrasts the Samanas whom Siddhartha has become when he first meets Kamala. The Samanas live without personal property but Kamala demands items such as clothing and jewelry from clients for her courtship.

In Chapter one Mathangi Subramanian describes how she went back to India in 1999 when she went was nineteen. She describes how even though she was nineteen her grandmother was asking “ Mathangi when are you going to get married” and her mother tells her grandmother “ that I always told her and her brother that they should be independent”. This story remind me of my own mother who raised me and my siblings to be independent and that we should only marry someone if we are in love. She wanted us to focus on our education and the things that we love such as running, reading, and dancing. Many young girls are not taught independence at a young age, but pressure to get married before they become “too old”. In addition, in this article Subramanian

Lakshmi is a young girl that grew up in Nepal. She lost her father at a very young age and she and her mother begin to struggle. Her mother eventually married again, but her family still struggled. Lakshmi’s stepfather was no good because he had no job and all he did was bet at the coffee shop. Because Lakshmi’s family struggled, she was sent away to work as a “maid” and thought it would provide for her family. When Lakshmi realized what she would be doing for work, she hoped and prayed every day that she would soon be back home.

Traditionally, an Indian woman had only four roles and those were; Her role as a daughter, wife, sister, and lastly, a mother. The women in today’s time however are experiencing far reaching changes and are entering into new fields that were unknown to them. They are actively participating in social, economic and political activities. Unlike the older times, women today have received higher education.

She describes her characters around the immigrant experience and the cultural divide between America and India. This story is about the Das family who is on vacation in India. They hired a cab driver, with the name of Mr. Kapasi to drive the family to the Sun Temple. Throughout the entire story, imagery is being used to describe the characters and setting, including Mr. Das’ description as well as Mrs.

Ria is an ordinary woman, who has dreams and aspirations. Ria is living with Lalit and Pimmi Verma who are her uncle and aunty,because Ria’s father has died.

He had converted the library into a practice hall for Jairaj. But he did not realize that his interest would turn into an obsession. He fails to find a suitable reason for Jairaj’s choice of career. He blames himself and his upbringing. Taking advantage of his financial dependency on him, the father altogether stops his son’s dancing classes. He tries to win his daughter- in- law Ratna over to his side and in the bargain wants her to discourage her husband from his passion.

5.2.1.4 Swarup Rani and Kamala--The mother of Jawaharlal Nehru, Swarup Rani Nehru cheerfully gave her husband and children to the country's cause and herself, old and trail entered the pray at its thickest. Jawaharlal's brave wife, Kamala; kept smiling all through the long years of travail of her brief life.

As the cows run dry at the time of her birth she was fed with the milk of ass which helped her in getting the sight and words sooner than others. Being neglected by her parents she led a very careless life. Tilo was named Nayan-Tara at the time of her birth. Nayan-Tara means a Star of the Eye, but it could also be interpreted as a person who is starry-eyed. Just like the name, she has very high aspirations and is not content with whatever she has. She yearns for something more in life despite being worshipped by thousands of villagers as a goddess. She wants something drastic to break the monotony of her life. The filial love of a daughter is not received by Nayan Tara. She suffers from not being accepted and loved by her biological parents. Her parent's reaction contrasts with the meaning of her first name, “Star of the eye”, yet, Nayan Tara is scared by her family and village because of her supernatural powers to see the future. Nayan Tara is forced to look for other persons who would bring her love. It is at this juncture that the pirates loot her village and kidnap her. She is renamed as Bhagyavati or one who is in charge of destiny. The pirates regard her as their lucky charm which would bring them to their destiny, while she herself is far away from her own destiny in

The characters, Sarita and Kamala are contrast to each other. Sarita is an educated and self-assured while Kamala is an illiterate, rural tribal woman. It is illiterate Kamala who understands the man-woman relationship. Kamala proposes that she will do all menial work, while Sarita will look after accounts and such ‘sophisticated’ things. She adds that each of them will share their master's bed

Narayan is the minute observer of society, presenting most realistic pictures with gentle irony and light humor. In this novel he has use such method to describe the character of the women. This novel has three main charactes, these are Savitri, Ramani, Shanta Bai. Shanta Bai is the main obstacle of the conjugal life