• Pooja Bhardwaj

The above quote by Shirley Chisholm illustrates the hidden costs that a woman has to pay everyday for being a "girl". The above lines clearly show that how from the very beginning the discrimination against a girl start taking place. Since the moment she takes birth people Start behaving differently to her. Even her parents who should be the source of never-ending love and Kindness also treat her in a different light as compared to the son. They are considered 'Harijans' in the Society. They are Harijan in the sense that they are estranged from the main stream. They are confined to a lower social standing or outer limit or edge as marginalized. Being marginalized refers to being separated from the rest of the society and distanced from the power centre. And this abjectly is the condition of women in the society.

"Widows-The Most Oppressed Community Portrayal of widows in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 7, page no.517-519, July-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1707087.pdf

"Widows-The Most Oppressed Community Portrayal of widows in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 7, page no. pp517-519, July-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1707087.pdf