Woebegone Marriages In Ahalya’s Awakening By Kavita Kane

Dr. S. Senthilkumari

Abstract


Ahalya, who is known for faultless beauty is seduced by Lord Indra. Ahalya’s husband Gowtham, a Rishi who failed to fulfil her physical and mental needs, cursed her to be a stone and Indra to be a man of a thousand vulva. Ironically, Gowtham spared time to reconsider the curse of Indra since he is the God. But the curse of Ahalya remained the same. After so many years of sacrifice, love and service, Ahalya earned the fame of infidelity. This paper studies how Kane has highlighted the thirst for basic needs of a woman in Ahalya’s Awakening.


Keywords


infidelity, transgression, longing, marriage, myth.

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