Familial Relationships and Feminism in Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock, Clear Light of Day and Where Shall We Go This Summer

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Neetu Sangwan (Department of English, Hindu Girls College, Sonipat, Haryana)

Almost every literary genius has chosen family as a literary theme as family is considered as the most requisite social institution that brings solace and contention in the life of every individual in spite of adverse conditions. With the passage of time, technology and urbanization brings change not only in physical appearance of this modern and the postmodern society but also brings drastic transition in conventional ideas and concepts of the denizens of this patriarchal society.