• Dr.M.P.Ganesan

Salman Rashdie is universally highly praised as the most renowned novelist who has significantly focused on the inner world of female characters in his novels. Woman plays an important role in shaping the character and hope of man. She is equally substantial in male dominated society. Her work and fondness remains incomparable. Even then she seems to be intentionally kept away from getting exciting attachment. In this paper an attempt is made to focus on the predicament of woman character Padma. A sincere attempt is also made to point out Salman Rashdie’s humanistic approach towards the improvement of women characters and their quest for identity in the hostile society. Rushdie’s women characters are the victims of the oppressive traditional system and they suffer from a sense of hostility. Alienation is the chief cause due to unfulfilled love, frustration, rootlessness, disillusionment, betrayal etc. In spite of their devotion and sincerity women characters are intentionally avoided by men in the society. The role of women in life of man remains agreeable. In Midnight’s Children Padma is the typical example of the victim of male dominated society. Padma finds that she is being ignored throughout her life, she feels frustrated and dejected. She struggles in her life to create her identity in the vast world.

Unfulfilled love, Frustration, Rootlessness, Disillusionment, Betrayal

"Padma’s Plight in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.619-624, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906235.pdf

"Padma’s Plight in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp619-624, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906235.pdf