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  • Essay / Exploring the implications, the outcry and the results...

    Bharati Mukherjee's novels range widely across time and space, dealing in particular with the consequences arising from the East's cultural confrontation with the West in this foreign country. All her novels are centered on women and deal with the change in the psyche of the protagonist's behavior. But her latest novel Miss New India (2011) takes an about-face by dealing with the protagonist, Anjali Bose, in her own country, India, bringing the Western cultural confrontational effects of a highly sophisticated lifestyle into the Rural and urban India. This article focuses on the issues of marriage in a typical Indian family in which marriage is considered the most sacred duty of parents. It also brings out the challenges, implications, protests and outcome of the protagonist's marriage. Miss New India is the last in the trilogy consisting of two others, Desirable Daughters (2002) and Tree Bride (2004). Fiction written by women writers constitutes a major segment of contemporary writing in English. It provides ideas, a rich reservoir of understanding and a basis for discussion. Through the eyes of women, we can see a different world, and with their help, we can seek to realize the potential for human success. One of the reasons why women in such large numbers took up the pen is that it allowed them to create their own world. This allowed them to set the conditions of existence, free from any direct deduction on the part of men. Similarly, many women have taken to reading women's writing because it provides them with a "safe place" from which they can explore a wide range of experiences of the world, from which they can identify with a range of characters and a variety of existence. This is why women's writing has taken such an important and central place...... middle of paper ......f works in a call center and settles in Bangalore. Later, Peter sends a letter which reveals that Anjali's father is no longer in the world and her mother stays in Patna with Sonali. In fact, the “devil’s marriage, the so-called sacred Hindu ritual” destroyed the entire Bose family. Thus, the novel explores the implications, outcry, and outcome of a marriage that is not very favorable. Works Cited Dhawan, RK Ed. The Fiction of Bharati Mukherjee: A Critical Symposium. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1996. Print. Kumar, Nagendra. The Fiction of Bharati Mukherjee: A Cultural Perspective. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2001. Print. Mukherjee, Bharati. Desirable girls. New Delhi: Rupa Publication India Pvt Ltd, 2011. Print.---. Miss New India. New Delhi: Rupa Publication India, 2012. Print.---. The Bride of Trees. New Delhi: Rupa Publication India Pvt Ltd, 2011. Print.