• Solanki Parul
• Dr. Zakia Firdaus

Manju Kapur is one of the eminent Indian English writers who portrays the transformation of Indian women from being indifferent to liberated and empathically aware of their individuality. Her works represent the issues faced by contemporary women and their will to seek self-identity, fulfillment, and liberation from the shackle’s tradition and social mores. She has portrayed the desperate efforts of a middle-class Indian woman. Seeking a life outside the cobweb of responsibility within a traditionally oriented family. Her works are woven within the conflict between tradition and modernity. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the representations of the Indian women in Indian patriarchal society in relation to the contemporary Indian tradition and values by analyzing Manju Kapur’s novels The Immigrant and Brothers. It depicts how Manju Kapur’s characters struggle in their lives for their identity and independence, being caught in traditional and modern values.

Identity, Self, Immigrant, Independence, Women, patriarchy

"Comparative study of Manju Kapur's novels The Immigrant and Brothers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.d389-d392, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307349.pdf

"Comparative study of Manju Kapur's novels The Immigrant and Brothers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppd389-d392, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307349.pdf