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Shashi Deshpande is the author of eleven novels, a number of short story collections, four books for children and a book of essays. Her best-known novel, That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990, is considered a landmark in Indian writing in English.
Jan 1, 1999 · Shashi Deshpande. 3.77. 206 ratings18 reviews. One morning, with no warning, Gopal, respected professor, devoted husband, and caring father, walks out on his family for reasons even he cannot articulate. His wife, Sumi, returns with their three daughters to the shelter of the Big House, where her parents live in oppressive they have not spoken ...
Shashi Deshpande is a well renowned women writer in English. Her novels are remarkable for portraying the stark reality of women’s oppression in Indian patriarchal society. A Matter of Time is one of Shashi Deshpande’s latest novels, published in 1996. The novel veers around a woman who is more mature and confident than her earlier ...
Nov 24, 2013 · At the launch of her book Shadow Play, novelist and short-story writer Shashi Deshpande spoke of feminism and how stories about people move her Updated - November 25, 2013 06:25 pm IST.
Shashi Deshpande's novel 'A Matter of time' is a continuation of her exploration into the many facts of the feminine experience in writing. In this novel, she has displayed the themes of silence, gender differences, passive sufferings and familiar relationships into much deeper realms. It is a story encompassing three generations of women ...
Oct 23, 2022 · Shashi Deshpande (1938- Present) has significantly contributed in the development of Indian novels in English. She has written short stories, novels, essays, and children’s books. She deals, in her writings, with the physio-psychological oppression of women under patriarchy. He shows the importance of female agency to express feminine ...
Shashi Deshpande is an award-winning Indian novelist. She is the second daughter of famous Kannada dramatist and writer Sriranga. She was born in Karnataka and educated in Bombay and Bangalore. Deshpande has degrees in Economics and Law. In Mumbai, she studied journalism at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and worked for a couple of months as a ...
