Pradnya Yenkar

The study of Shashi Deshpande's novels reveal that her contribution lies in the portrayal of plight and problem, trials and tribulations of the middle class Indian Women especially those who are educated and have a career for themselves. They are striving to establish a harmony on domestic, professional and social fronts. The women in her entire novels struggle to create their own identity. The novelist's fine sense of art and technique reveals through the devices such as narrative techniques, symbolism and imagery used to delineate the real shades of modern women. One can clearly hear Shashi Deshpande's Clarion Call to present age women to create one's identity through their Quest of Identity.