Research Article | Open Access
Kavita Kane’s Sita’s Sister: An Unsung Heroine of Ramayana
Shivani, Dr.Shrawan K Sharma
Pages: 2386-2390
Abstract
Ramayana has been a perennial source for creative writers in India and abroad. While the earlier writers were attracted towards the major characters of Ramayana, the contemporary writers are writing with a focus on minor/subordinated characters, particularly the minor women characters. Among the contemporary writers, Kavita Kane is one of such writers, who in order to re-create the female-centric version of Ramayana, renovates minor women characters for her writing. Many overshadowed female characters in Ramayana have not received adequate space in the original text. Kané has picked up these peripheral characters and provides them with due space in her writing and makes them the most assertive and outspoken women in the contemporary world. The present paper is an attempt to study Kane’s novel, Sita’s Sister, in which she explores the attitudinal shift in Urmila’s personality showing how she is transformed into a perfect woman, moving from sensitive to sensible, from silent and subdued person to a strong questioner and how she seeks her individuality in the androcentric society and establishes herself as a contemporary modern woman.
Keywords
subdued character, androcentric society, attitudinal shift, female-centric version.