Submission to Subversion: An Analytical Study of Meena Kandasamy's ‘When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife’

Meena Kandasamy tries to create an identity among the galaxy of Indian writers in English as a poet, novelist and translator. She deals with caste annihilation, feminism linguistic identity. Kandasamy's novel, 'When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait Writer Young Wife', suppression women name patriarchal society educated families. explains story highly woman from affluent family who marries respected college professor. He seems be man is social rights activist outside home, but he abuses his wife at home. depicts dreadful picture explaining her husband's strategies keep under control. In this context, she delineates emotions undergoes while adjusting herself situation family. The writer attempts develop status by discussing more turmoil comes across every part life. wants disclose world that human being. wise enough remain uncrushed unperturbed despite challenges hostilities. novel vividly power game between men families other societies.