Open AccessThe Theme of Loss and Grief in Shashi Deshpande's Small Remedies
Author(s) -
Vanitha Devaraju
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/ijellh.v6i10.5098
Subject(s) - happiness , grief , theme (computing) , identity (music) , consciousness , aesthetics , sociology , psychoanalysis , gender studies , psychology , literature , art , social psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system , neuroscience
A writer throws light on the darkest aspects of life and motivates the reader by projecting the human realities through their fictional characters. Success and failure are the part of impermanent life. Have we ever tried to analyze the struggles and challenges behind one's failure and success? In a patriarchal society, women have to undergo multiple struggles and challenges and require an indomitable spirit to quench her thirst of success. It is highly important to analyze the psychology of women in her loses and happiness. As a woman novelist, Shashi Deshpande novels mostly centered on Women's lives and their challenges to survive in the Indian society. The female protagonist in Small Remedies has gone through several loses and grief beyond her success. Other women characters also built their strong identity after crossing all the barriers and awakening the collective consciousness.