This book is based on the Ph. D research work carried out by the author to study the feminist consciousness in the select novels of Shashi Deshpande and Shobha De. The author made a thorough study of the novelists Shashi Deshpande and Shobha De.
Shashi Deshpande and Shobha De are the eminent and popular duo in the realm of Indian English novel. They discuss the very sensitive aspects of human life and the problems faced by women in particular. Shashi Deshpande is wedded to the treatment of predicament of the contemporary middle class woman while Shobha De to the treatment of urban women's position and the challenges she faces.
Shashi Deshpande and Shobha De are essentially feminist writers. They concentrate on women's problems and give a new approach to them. They recognize the displacement and marginalization of women and attempt to turn this pattern upside down through their writings. They constantly try to shatter patriarchal hegemony and raise a voice of protest against male domination.