• RAFIA REHMAN

Second Bapsi Sidhwa novel The Pakistani Bride portrays traumatic experiences in the masculine dominant culture of the orphaned girl Zaitoon prior to marriage and the aftermath. The novel also depicts females in a patriarchal society's multiple issues. Various females such like Zaitoon, Carol and Saki's mom, Hamida, have described these issues. Also essential in the novel is the subject of the false ideology of matrimony. The novel also demonstrates that females are always seen as artifacts that fulfill men's sexual desire in married life. In brief, Sidhwa is seeking to present in this masculine culture the miserable situation of females.

A Feminist Bapsi Sidhwa Movement in Important Novels like the Pakistani Bride

"A Feminist Bapsi Sidhwa Movement in Important Novels like the Pakistani Bride", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 7, page no.506-512, July-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1707085.pdf

"A Feminist Bapsi Sidhwa Movement in Important Novels like the Pakistani Bride", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 7, page no. pp506-512, July-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1707085.pdf