Shalini Vohra

The Elements of Feminism in the Novels of Namita Gokhale: Search for Identity Shalini Vohra

Gokhale?s novels are mostly all about women. Her protagonists, like Paro and Priya of Paro: Dreams of Passion, Gods, Graves and Gramother?s Gudiya, Parvati in A Himalayan Love Story, Rachita of The Book of Shadows and Shakuntala in the novel Shakuntala, all have followed the course and concerns of her own life: whether as a little child, adult lady, career oriented or as a married woman. As the intricacy in human relationship is an instrument in developing the self of an individual, a woman has to face discrimination, sense of insecurity, sexual harassment, to which she is exposed everywhere in their world.