Man-Woman and Society in Nayantara Sahgal’s Novel The Day in Shadow (1971)

Pages:58-60
Sushila (Department of English, Baba Mastnath University, Ashtal Bohar, Rohtak, Haryana)

In almost all countries of the world, society has been male dominated. Although women form almost half of total population but they are not been given due respect and place in male – dominated society. They have been taken as powerless and second sex. They are ill-treated not only by their husbands, in-laws but by other relatives. They face domestic violence in their day-to-day life. These issues have attracted the attention of women writers. These writers write about women, their emotions, suffering, social condition problems, inequality, injustice, male-female relationship and women’s place in the society. These main theme and the key issues are the things which differ females from male writers and their works reflect all these. The thematic concern of women writers leads to the emergence of the Indian women in the fast changing social milieu. They raised their voice and banner of revolt against injustice and exploitation of women in the patriarchal set up.