• PREMA
• Malathy

Shobha Rajadhyaksha is a well known novelist by the name of Shobha De. She has been gifted with extraordinary ability to discuss very sensitive aspects of human life. She dazzles the readers with her frank and candid tales of human relationships, particularly man-woman relationships. She is also known for the description of the dark sides of loose morals in marital relationships. She is known for her frank narration of life incidents and speaks her mind. The present paper is a study of Shobha De’s first novel Socialite Evenings. She wants to throw aside the age old traditional and moral values. Socialite Evenings describes the journey of Karuna, a prominent Bombay socialite, from a middle class girl to a self- sufficient woman. The novel gives us the picture of the marginalization of the Indian women at the hands of their husbands. The novel also presents the institutions of family and marriage prevailing in the society of rich people. An enduring theme in the novel is the image of new women, search for identity and selfhood.

Struggle for identity, sex, marriage, image of new women

"Karuna’s Quest for Identity in Shobha De’s Novel Socialite Evenings", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.637-639, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901284.pdf

"Karuna’s Quest for Identity in Shobha De’s Novel Socialite Evenings", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp637-639, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901284.pdf