Manju Kapur’s ‘Difficult Daughters’: A Study of Meek Women.

Abstract

Manju Kapur is one of the popular feminist novelists of the second generation of the Indian English Novelists. Through her literary works she has tried to pen down the sufferings, torments, tortures of the women who are the victim of the male dominance. She presents the traditional minded Indian familial set up. Her female protagonists are the mute sufferer of the ill treatment given to them, the secondary status given to them by their in-laws. Though these protagonists are highly educated, they are the victim of the dominating patriarchy of the Indian society. She deals with the theme of feminism and always tries to suggest the remedies, solutions to heal the wound of these characters. ‘Difficult Daughters’ is the prize winning novel by Manju Kapur. It is the story of three generation focusing on the pathetic condition of the women. This present research paper is the study of the female protagonists of the different generation, their sufferings, torments, and their plight in the male dominated society in ‘Difficult Daughters’.