Gender Discrimination and Marital Discord in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors

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Ayesha Tasnim

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Gender discrimination is a universal issue that results in women’s predicament. From time immemorial women become victims of gender disparities. It starts with one’s own family. The present paper explores the crisis of gender discrimination and marital discord in the life of the protagonist in particular and Indian women in general.  As a Child Sarita, the Protagonist tolerates gender discrimination and as a grown-up after her marriage due to marital discontentment. In this paper, many gender issues are explored which in due course of time decrease the moral spirit of women and make them weak and subordinate.  Although Sarita is an educated and economically independent woman still she silently suffers. When it crosses limits she raises her voice to assert her self-esteem.

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Ayesha Tasnim. “Gender Discrimination and Marital Discord in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 6, no. 4, Oct. 2021, pp. 157-65, doi:10.53032/tcl.2021.6.4.25.
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