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Abstract: »Shashi Deshpande (1938) is known to the literary circle of the world as a feminist writer. She mainly deals with the issues of women in Indian society. The research paper focuses on two novels of Deshpande namely The Dark Holds No Terrors (1983) and That Long Silence (1988). It contemplates on the social issues related and impacted the life of women characters in the novels. The numerous and varied social issues include gender discrimination, gender based violence, gender inequality, economic empowerment, stereotyping, wife battering, widowhood, etc. The research article is quite helpful to understand the concept of social issue and women protagonists’ and some other minor characters’ situation discernible in the novels. There is a possibility without doubt that social problems may change in the due course of time. A social problem which is not considered in the past may be called so in present situation. On the other hand any social issue which was prevalent in the past may not be so in the present. Deshpande, through her writings, points to the need of creating awareness regarding social issues in general and women’s issues in particular.« (Source: Amoghvarta)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 145)
	Introduction (p. 145)
	Gender Discrimination (p. 146)
	Education (p. 147)
	Caste Discrimination (p. 147)
	Marital Rape (p. 147)
	Extra-Marital Affair (p. 148)
	Gender Discrimination (p. 149)
	Widowhood (p. 149)
	Corruption (p. 150)
	Wife Battering (p. 150)
	Conclusion (p. 151)
	References (p. 151)

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