• Dr. Rajbir Singh

The writings of Indian female writers and their portrayal of women characters in their work depends or is tied up with a number of factors i.e. the situation of the female, within the historical and regional background. The traditions are so deeply rooted that women in spite of their success in attaining professional and financial independence find that paths are still beset with peculiar difficulties of one kind or another. In fact traditions and patriarchy have reconciled to woman's subordinate position. Simone de Beauvoir hence rightly points out that one is not born, but rather, becomes a woman. It is civilization as a whole that produces this creature which is described as feminine. Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sehgal, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande and many others women writers as an individual are rebelling against the traditional role. breaking the silence of suffering trying to move out of the caged existence and asserting the individual self. This woman is trying to be herself and yet does not wish to break up the family ties. The present paper will focus on the works of Manju Kapur. In her novels, she presents women who try to establish their own identity. Manju Kapur novels are a feminist discourse not because she is a woman writing about women but because, as Jaidev puts it she has understood a woman both as a woman and as a person pressurized by all kinds of visible and invisible contexts.

Identity Crisis, Gender Discrimination, Feminism, Protest, Empowerment

"Quest for Identity in the Fiction of Manju Kapur -A Critical Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 1, page no.b294-b297, January-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2601146.pdf

"Quest for Identity in the Fiction of Manju Kapur -A Critical Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 1, page no. ppb294-b297, January-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2601146.pdf