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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 2(7), pp. 109-111, July, 2014 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2014.038
Review The Socio-Political consciousness in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City
Sankar Vijaya
Department of English, Vel Tech Dr.RR& Dr.SR Technical University, Chennai-600062, India. Mobile: +919578153435 Email id:vijaya.sankar028@gmail.com
Accepted 18 July 2014
Anita Desai’s second
novel, Voices in the City, which was published in 1965 and which won
Sahitya Academy Award in 1978 has received adequate critical response,
while Anita Desai magnum novel Voices in the City is based on the life
of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta. It is an unforgettable
story of a Bohemian brother and his two sisters caught in the
crosscurrents of changing social values. In many ways the story reflects
a vivid picture of India's social transition - a phase in which the
older elements are not altogether dead, and the emergent ones not fully
evolved. The novel describes the bitter effects of the urban living upon
an Indian family. Brought up in luxury and magnificence by an over
indulgent mother, Nirode settles down in Calcutta and becomes engrossed
in its bohemian life, while his elder sister, Monisha lives out a
servile existence within the rigid and stiff confines of a traditional
Hindu family. Amla sees the city as a monster, Nirode sacrifices
everything for his career, and Monisha cannot bear her stifling
existence in the household of a wealthy old Calcutta family. This
research paper mainly focuses socio-political consciousness in the
characters of Anita Desai”s Voices in the city, how the characters are
faces their problems in the social-political context.
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