Volume III Special Issue I January 2023

Name of Author : Dr. Ekta Chahal

Title of the paper : Acquainting a New woman in Nayantara Sahgals The Day in Shadow

Abstract: The Day in Shadow 1971 of Nayantara Sahgal accentuates the need to re-address and refresh the Indian social, ethical and religious conventions and attitudes towards marriage. The conservative approach which demands submission of the wife to the unquestionable authority of her husband often causes much misery and victimization. This paper explores that woman, who belongs to the “sphere of intense, sharpened sensibility,” can no longer accept the victimization and the suppression completely as her destiny. Refusing inequality and male-chauvinism, she demands a humane and compassionate approach to marriage based on love, care, involvement, honesty equality and free communication.

Keywords : Identity, Patriarchal, Suppression, Inequality

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Page Number : 34-37