Voice of Women in Indian English Literature

Abstract

This article is a humble attempt to deal with the state of women in a patriarchal society from the Vedic period to modern contemporary society. On the one hand, a woman is extolled to the heights of heaven by epitomizing her as a goddess, on the other hand, she is damned as an abla, a weakling who depends upon man for her existence and sustenance. The article traces the paradigm shift where a woman emerges despite all obstacles to hold her own identity in personal and professional life. Here woman is not put visa -vis man but woman is no more an accessory to man rather a companion, a life partner who is equal to him in every respect.