A Critical Appraisal of the Fiction of North-East Indian Women Writers

Abstract

Unquestionably the English-language literature of India's North-East area exhibits a complexity due to the region's multi-ethnic and multi-lingual population and its unique history and issues. For this reason, works from the North and Northeast include a wide range of subject matter (s). The fiction written by women in this area carries a lot of potential meanings because it is based on their subjective experiences. Women make up a sizable portion of today's writing community in the North East, and they also produce the lion's share of the region's English fiction. That this seems to show that women's fiction from the area spans a watershed in India's literary history is something that cannot be overlooked. In light of this firm belief, the study sets out to evaluate the North-Eastern women's literary contribution by critiquing their fiction (in light of the socio-cultural milieu(s) from which they write) and trying to locate their place within the greater context of English-language Indian literature.