Shashi Deshpande does not reject the truths, the myths about women in Indian society but gives them a meaningful and creative reinterpretation so that women can revision their ideas about themselves and discover what is important for them.  Her writing comes out of a deep involvement with the society she lives in, it is a kind of an archeological exploration out of which new discoveries emerge.  She rejects stereotypes and in each novel, she is requestioning the attitudes that have shaped the image of women.

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Keywords: Patriarchal, Dilemma, Conflict, Traumas, Agonies, oppression, victimization, Fragmented, Disintegration, Existential, Absurdity, Subjugation, Domination, Marginalization.