Question

there are three major themes present in shashi deshpande's novel the binding vine.discuss them

Answer 1

Three major themes which are brought out in the poem "Binding Vine" are: 

1. The bond between a mother an her child. Their love is like a vine, which grows in all directions. 
2. It is not always the victims fault, but society at large who praises her at one moment and then turns around and condemns her and when a marriage fails, it is women who are always blamed. 
3. Women join other women as companions and friends, not to earn the approval of men. 

Answer 2

The Binding vine expresses the intricate themes of misery, grief and also courage. Urmi the female protagonist is the image of the plight a woman faces in the society. Her marriage exposes 1. A character who has died amidst the pages of books, lulling to be a writer. But the aspirations was fed only by dust and the first theme explains how those aspirations were eaten up between those dust mites. Urmi's mother dead mother-in-law, a writer, a creative mind faces death among the regular household chores, and turns deaf towards her inner voice. This is the plight faced by most of the women in the society, who are considered to surrender to endless domestic demands. 

The second theme is about the hypocrisy faced in society when it comes to respect. Life weighs less than death for a women, who is expected to cling to her respect no matter what. The story narrates about Kalpana, a rape survivor, and her mother who is trying to hide to the society, that she has been raped, even when she is unconcious and fighting with death.

The third theme and the story takes a about turn, when the narrator shows courage replacing shame, and Shakutai, Kalpana's mother, taking a stand and disclosing about Kalpana's rape. She flies towards a sense of freedom and frees herself  from the shackles of hypocrisy.