Pdf resistance and reconciliation of maya in shobha des. Illusion versus reality in shobha des second thoughts. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Shobha des high voltage career happened in unexpected ways, started with her unplanned entry as a teenager.
Illusion versus reality in shobha des second thoughts 292 enough to confront the sultriness of not only mumbai but also her own life. Because of the type of stories shobhaa presents in her novels one may assume that there is little insight into human nature and very little effort made to probe into human nature. It can take various forms like tenderness as in second thoughts, 1996 aggressiveness as in. It describes the agony of maya, who feels trapped in matrimony. She indulges in a strange relationship with nikhil when her. Shifted from depicting the common human condition, she rather deals with the aristocratic class or the titled class. Her works have been translated into many languages.
But i have been belied out of my prejudiced opinion about the writer by her judicious guidance to a happy. International multidisciplinary research journal the criterion. Her novel second thoughts 1996 deals with the themes such as family. The portrait of the new woman in shobha des sisters and manju kapurs home 1118. Keywords alienation, social norms, patriarchy, existence, conservative thoughts. Exploring the intricacies of marriage through shobha des spouse. Ranjan, handsome, harddriving and ambitious, has all the glamour of an american university degree and a. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Chitra too, like a typical indian mother, is acutely worried about mayas slightly dark complexion. More than 17 of her novels climbed the bestselling books charts at once.
The week that passed made me read a book that can be easily be said that it was a big let down. Second thoughts is a love story about maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull, middleclass home in calcutta for the glamour of mumbai. Shobha des maturity and insightfulness have reached new heights in this novel. Jaydipsinh dodiya comments that the theme of novel focuses on the hollowness of indian marriage. In second thoughts she selects the middle class society and. Second thoughts is a love story about maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull, middleclass home in calcutta for the glamour of mumbai, where she moves after marriage to ranjan, a handsome, ambitious man who has an american university degree and a wealthy family background. It is shobha des master piece which throws light on the traditional indian marriage in which woman is a silent sufferer. Status of women in modern society international journal of applied. Maya is pretty, young, eager to escape her dull, middleclass home in calcutta and plunge into the whirl of bombay, where she moves after her marriage. The writers of the postindependence fiction have focused on. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. She chooses a yellow saree a colour that maya hates, so that it makes her. Second thoughts is a love story about maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull, middleclass home in calcutta for the glamour of mumbai, where she.
Our book servers hosts in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Shobhaa des literary writing journey eventually turned her into indias bestselling author. Second thoughts is a love story about maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull. Her amma also turns on him like a viper saying that she is free to go with. The women in their works are no so silent sufferers that their voices will be. She portrays the true picture of modern metropolitan life. Jaya bhaduri, another heroine in the bollywood while the affair between. Nisha trivedi in her article, search for identity in starry nights describes. The reform and rise of womens fiction is accredited to shobhaa for her daring to voice her thoughts in her writing. Second thoughts, bertie cope, judy claer, nov 2, 2009, selfhelp, 52 pages. She has been the writer of several popular soaps on television.
Shobha des journey from a model, film journalist, column writer to fiction writer is very thrilling and interesting. The new bestseller from indias biggest selling novelist a bittersweet love story for the nineties. Thus, maya is able to overcome the influence of illusion in her life and accommodate herself with reality. Start reading second thoughts on your kindle in under a minute. Shobha des novel second thoughts 1996 is an instance of challenging alienation by the central figure like maya, who holds up the mirror of dilemma, confusion and recognition. In second thoughts, maya a pretty girl who is anxious to escape her dull, middleclass home in calcutta. To ask other readers questions about second thoughts, please sign up.
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