Defining crude silence in that long silence by Shashi Deshpande
Keywords:
society and tradition, self-emancipationAbstract
This article was about Shashi Deshpande's book That Long Silence. Shashi Deshpande discusses women's rights in this article. The book highlights Deshpande's desire to end the frigid "silent" that has pervaded women's lives. The author of the novel illustrates how the quiet forced on women is caused by both social norms and their own actions. The story follows Jaya's lone battle with the oppressive silence that has imprisoned those similar to her for many years.
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Suman Ahuja, rev. of That Long Silence, by Shashi Deshpande, The Times of India, S Oct. 1989:2.
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (New York: Random House, 1997).
Kamala Markandaya, A Silence of Desire (London: Putnam, I960).
''Veena Sheshadri, rev. of That Long Silence, by Shashi Deshpande, Literature /ve, 2, 1(1988): 94.
Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day (New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1980).
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House (New York: Dover Publication, 1879) 34.
Calvin S.Hall and Gardner Lindzey, Theories of Personality (New Delhi: Wiley, 1985)289.
Gita Mehta, Raj (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989).
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