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How does Shashi Deshpande's novel The Binding Vine voice feminist concerns?
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Indian novelist Shashi Desphande’s work The Binding Vine, published in 1993, explores women’s changing roles in Indian society. However, Desphande rejects the term “feminist,” saying, “I am a human being, and I write about other human beings who happen to be women.” Regardless of whether or not it can be defined as “feminist,” The Binding Vine focuses on female characters, their struggle for independence in a male-dominated society, and women’s relationships and solidarity with each other.
Urmi is the central character in this novel that weaves together the multidimensional stories of several minor characters. Taken together, the various female characters depicted represent a cross-section of women’s lives in modern India. Urmi is an educated wife from the middle class who values her independence and freedom and encourages women around her to do the same. Another key character is Kalpana, a working-class woman and victim of a brutal rape. Urmi works in support of...
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