Female Bonding In Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters
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At the universal level, women have been suppressed in myriad forms by patriarchy. Still, women try to overcome their unenviable fate by adopting various survival strategies. Female bonding is one of these strategies. More than a strategy, female bonding is natural and spontaneous. At a broad level, in everyday life, women share their joys and sorrows with their fellow women in offices, during journeys or in their chat with neighbours. Bharati Mukherjee, an American writer of Indian origin, has written many novels dealing with the predicament of Indian women in alien lands. In her novel, Desirable Daughters too, Tara –the –protagonist, establishes strong female bonding with other women. This article investigates the nuances of female bonding in the novel.
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