PORTRAYAL OF MARGINALIZED WOMEN IN MANJU KAPUR’S BROTHERS
Author(s):
S.PRATHEEBA, Dr.G.Vasuki
Keywords:
Women empowerment, widowhood, patriarchy, sisterhood, political issues.
Abstract
In the world of woman there is always a bond of sisterhood which holds beyond all the cultural, regional and more distinctness among them. Women are always different from their relationship with the ‘Brothers’. Kapur‘s ‘Brother’ is a novel which gives us to analyze how the relationship between ‘Brothers’ as well as sisters, face the patriarchal society’s anticipation. There is no question about the condition of the women who are becoming good in today’s world. Women nowadays realize their condition of living and they started a new journey as men do in this world. But they have to lead a promising life and a real relationship with the men as the society invites. In the pink city, Jaipur, Kapur visualizes the novel’s theme as the bond between two brothers who are in politics as their career. Besides there are strong and sentimental women characters comes parallel to the theme of the story which leads how the woman’s progress in the society had shown. The characters are lively and make us to realizes the pain and agony of the women as well men in their stage. Some untouchables still, how decay the society and its humans. For example kapur showed the blockages of women who were affected by sati, widowhood, widow remarriage and the motherhood. Not only those issues but also the sexuality of women just always holds by the patriarchal society. Kapur always uses her characters to responses the society and its movements against women. Thus the novel visualizes and scans the modern India and still how varied women surviving with women related problems which are so sensitive to digest.
Article Details
Unique Paper ID: 154333
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 8, Issue 10
Page(s): 607 - 610
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