• Dr.Jatinder Kohli
• Neha Pareek

Man and Woman form important part of our society but women have always been neglected.They do a lot for their families but they are never appreciated for their bounteous efforts. In all these role-definitions,women are assigned a pre decided and pre defined role to play which is the biggest reason of their existential loneliness.This paper is an effort to pour light on these defined roles of women in Shashi Deshpande’s The Intrusion and Other Stories and Githa Hariharan’s The Art of Dying and Other Stories.

Existential Loneliness ,role definitions ,freedom

"Defining Women :Role of Women in The Short Stories of Shashi Deshpande’s The Intrusion and Other Stories and Githa Hariharan’s The Art of Dying and Other Stories", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.1247-1249, September-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009169.pdf

"Defining Women :Role of Women in The Short Stories of Shashi Deshpande’s The Intrusion and Other Stories and Githa Hariharan’s The Art of Dying and Other Stories", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no. pp1247-1249, September-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009169.pdf