• Namrata khote
• Dr. Jayakrishnan Nair
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Abstract: Vikram Seth is considered one of the most distinguished Indian English novelists of today. He has gained worldwide popularity in the world of literature with the publication of his well-known novel A Suitable Boy. He has published two more novels after the Suitable Boy. The main plot of the novel A Suitable Boy is a mother’s search for a suitable husband for her younger daughter. There are various sub-plots intertwined throughout the novel. They are social, political, and religious, touching upon Hindu-Muslim strife, abolition of the Zamindari system, land reforms, and empowerment of Muslim women of the 1950s in India. This novel revolves around four families describing numerous events such as weddings, funerals, childbirth, festivals, communal riots, etc. The main female character in the novel is Mrs. Rupa Mehra, a widow, and typical Indian mother. She struggles to find an appropriate boy for her younger daughter Lata who believes in liberalism and modern thinking. She has no influence from her strict mother and prejudiced brother Arun. She is obliged to choose her suitor among Kabir, Harish hand Amit. Vikram Seth has beautifully described the two opposite worlds of a traditional mother and that of a modern daughter.

: Marriage, Zamindari System, Hindu-Muslim Strife, Families.

"A Suitable Boy: More Than A Mother,s Concern For Fer Daughter", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.a118-a123, November-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111017.pdf

"A Suitable Boy: More Than A Mother,s Concern For Fer Daughter", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no. ppa118-a123, November-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111017.pdf