Feminism in Shashi Deshpande's That Long Silence and Anita Desai's Cry, the Peacock: A Comparative Study

Feminism is a rapidly developing critical ideology of great promise. In the words M.K. Bhatnagar, "Feminism in Indian context by product western liberalism general and feminist thoughts particular". With social cultural change post independence India, women find themselves standing at cross-roads. On one hand it consciousness changed time on other, socio-cultural modes values that have given them defined role towards themselves, led to fragmentation very psyche these women. Caught between two worlds, they need define their place society relationship with surroundings. Anita Desai Shashi Deshpande constantly sought come grips problems womanhood vividly realistically portrayed 'women question' 'feministic traits' novels. If comparative study literature across national, political linguistic boundaries, feminism work boundaries gender culture. The main concern this paper present note best both feministic writers, i.e. Desai's Cry, Peacock Deshpande's That Long Silence.