Amendable and Fractious Womenfolk – Pondering over Manju Kapur’s Novels Difficult Daughters and Home

Abstract

In the first decennary of twenty first centenary, there are many advancements of women, to be observed in the grounds of education, economy, politics and health.  They have developed the ability to assert themselves in matters relating to their lives.  Earlier our community and culture was inclined by classified theory of patriarchy and dominance.  The woman were close mouthed and always in mute mode.  They always yearned to be self-supporting and were needy of unaided individuality.  This current paper examines the pair of Amendable and fractious women in ManjuKapur’s ‘Difficult Daughters’ and ‘Home’.   The twain novels is an effort to ponder Kapur’s conclusive educated middle class woman captured in the median of tradition and modernity.  Kapur has joined her hands with novelist like Anita Desai, ShashiDeshpande, Gita Hariharan, ChetanBhagat to express the Daring women hood in the new limelight of recklessness.