“Resurgence of Women” A Gender Perspectives in The Select Novels Manju Kapur

Abstract

This research paper undertakes exploration into the theme of women's resurgence in select novels by Manju Kapur, namely "Difficult Daughters", "A Married Woman", "Home", and "The Immigrant". The study attempts to discuss how Kapur's protagonists navigate through the complex web of societal expectations, personal aspirations, and identity quests through a gendered perspective. This analysis reveals the characters transformation from being passive recipients of patriarchal norms to active agents of change. The paper explores with bias the sensitive portrayal of struggles and triumphs that women go through in these novels, bringing about changes in women's roles within contemporary Indian society and their relentless pursuit of autonomy and self-realization. The present research shall, therefore, attempt to contribute to the immense discussion related to gender dynamics and the literary representation of womanly empowerment in Indian society.