Volume II Special Issue VII July 2022

Name of Author : S Sowmiya, Dr. C S Robinson

Title of the paper : A Review on Gender Marginalization, Identity and Existential Crisis in Nayantara Sahgals: Rich Like Us

Abstract: Nayantara Sahgal is not only a prolific writer but also cultural feminist with extraordinary contribution to literature covering theme of politics feminism. She has written around nine novels, two autobiography and ‘n’ number of articles to journalism newspaper. She represents the reality of Indian Culture, Tradition, Society and Gender Disparity in her writing. Her serenity and humor vividly picturize the political pictures of Indian society Vs Personal life of an Individual in parallel ways. This novel Rich Like Us is an emergency fiction represents the historical events of India during Emergency period of Indira Gandhi using Stream of Consciousness techniques. She traced the impact and traumas of Emergency period picturizing the evil side of corruption, misuse of power, loss of freedom of speech and expression, unjustified law to individual or common people, bureaucratic misuse of power and constitutional insecurity to its sub- ordinates in government etc., … The paper mainly concentrates on two characters Rose and Sonali, who falls as a victim to Gender bias or disparity. The paper seeks to examine the concept of Gender Marginalization, Identity Existential Crisis through female protagonist of novel Rose Sonali.

Keywords : Gender Marginalization, Identity Crisis, Existentialism, Unjustified Politics, Womanhood

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Page Number : 52-54