Feminism in Namita Gokhale's the book of shadows

This paper portrays the predicament of middle class educated Indian Women, their inner conflict and quest for identity. I wish to describe the contemporary women's struggle to define and attain an autonomous selfhood. The humiliation and sufferings of woman's life are shown through the life of Rachita, the protagonist of the novel, “The Books of Shadow”. A woman has to suffer to define her own identity. The paper shows how a woman finds herself in difficulties after the death of her husband. She is unable to face the reality and media. World seems cruel to her. After the death of her husband she finds herself lonely in this cruel world.