The book is a collection of 22 research papers/articles on the theme of gender from Indian English Writings. It is a critical study of the works of Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Krishna Sobti, Khushwant Singh, Bharati Mukherjee, Indira Goswami, Rama Mehta, Arundhati Roy, Kamala Das, Nissim Ezekiel, A. K. Ramanujan, Manju Kapur and Shobha De. The roots of gender discrimination stem from the patriarchal hegemony of our society. All forms of oppression, suppression, subjugation and exploitation of women have been projected through the analytical lenses by the erudite research-scholars and experts from the texts of Indian Writings in English.

About the Editor

Bijender Singh is a Lecturer in English in Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Hatt, Haryana. He is a Poet, Novelist, Lyricist, Essayist and Literary Researcher. He did his M. A. and M. Phil in English and he has qualified UGC NET, SET and HTET for lectureship in English. He is writer of three books ‘Late Night Poetry’, ‘Confusing Poetry’ and ‘Poetry of Infirmities’. His upcoming novel is ‘Life: A Struggle’. He is editing a few books on English Literature these days. His areas of interest are Gender Discourse, Indian Writings in English, Subaltern Studies, Afro-American Literature and Diasporic Studies. He has written a few essays, short-stories and many Hindi poems. He has published 25 articles in many peer-reviewed national journals, international journals, seminar/conference proceedings and edited anthologies.