• Dr. T. Raja Sekhar

The rise of Renaissance for education and emancipation of women can be traced to 19th century with women rising spiritually and psychologically. We can see Indian women writing in English rising with the tool of education for their empowerment. Rama Mehta’s Inside the Haveli is an agreement and understanding of the paradoxical thoughts of traditional and modern. Mehta portrays an educated woman, Geeta who moves from modernity to conventional modes of life but finally succeeds to emerge as a self sufficient new woman. We can see similar kind of life in Manju Kapur’s debut novel Difficult Daughters that presents a realm of educated women fighting against the patriarchal system. The novels explore the journey of the protagonists that overcome their search for identity at the mental, social and physical level in the cross-cultural content.

Women Education, Patriarchy, Love, Marriage, New-Woman, Emancipation, Tradition, Modernity.

"From Disenfranchisement to Empowerment in Rama Mehta's ''Inside the Haveli'': A Brief Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 3, page no.93-98, March-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801331.pdf

"From Disenfranchisement to Empowerment in Rama Mehta's ''Inside the Haveli'': A Brief Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 3, page no. pp93-98, March-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801331.pdf