The Repression And Self-Determination Of The Female Characters In Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Victory Song

R. Geetha, Dr. S. Sobana

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Victory Song has been called "one of the most startlingly poetic voices writing on the lives of Indian women today" by Amitav Ghosh, a renowned Indian novelist. Calcutta in the 1930s is a pivotal time in the Indian Independence Movement, and the composer of "Victory Song" uses this historical period to great effect. The work bears the author's indelible interest in Mohandas Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose, two great men of their time whose marathan for liberation were similar but whose routes were so distinct. While Bose advocated violence, Gandhi favoured non-violence.


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The author here vividly depicts Neela's existence in the 1930s, down to the clothes and food she eats.

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Banerjee, Chitra, Divakaruni, Victory Song, Gurgaon, India, 2006.

Swami, Indu, The Woman Question in the Contemporary Indian Women Writing in English. New Delhi, Sarup Books, 2010, print.

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