In the meantime the beginning of advancement, there has been a fight to liberate womenfolk from masculine subjugation. In the past, the work by the female’s writers has always been underestimated because of some male-controlled expectations. Feminism is a countenance of bitterness at the undeserved conduct meted out to any female. In writings, it talks about to any mode that methodologies a text with leading apprehension for the countryside of woman experience. The term 'feminism' has its origin from the Latin word lemina' meaning 'woman' (through French leminisme'). It mentions to the encouragement of females' privileges, position and authority at par with males on the grounds of 'equality of sexes'. In other disagreements, it recounts to the certainty that women should have the same communal, trade and industry and politically aware civil rights as mankind. The study intentions to find out if Shashi Deshpande's womankind actually declare themselves or someplace in their declaration procedure follow the crowd to endurance. For the purpose of this study, all her novels have been considered, but the thrust of this research is on three of her major novels viz., The Dark Holds No Terrors, Roots and Shadows and That Long Silence. These three novels have won awards and have been translated into a number of foreign languages.

KEYWORDS: Feminism, Protagonist, Quest, Female Identity, Feminine Sensibility.