• Suba Selvi S
• Dr. M. John Suganya

The aim of the research is to bring about a change in the perspective of looking down on women in society. Gender equality is still out of reach for many women worldwide. Women in different countries struggle to gain identity in a male dominated community. The novels A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and Saffron Dreams by Shaila Abdullah deals with how Muslim women create an identity of their own as both women come from a place where girls are married off, not supposed to work or make any decisions even for themselves and are treated unimportant. A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in Afghanistan and Saffron Dreams is about a girl who moves from Pakistan to America after marriage. Both are very different women and how they go on to create their own identity is mainly focused. This research would effectuate a new way of seeing things and the societal oppression that women face in their life will evacuate by itself.

Societal Oppression, Identity Crisis, Psychological issues, Male Chauvinism, Equality.

"Societal Oppression in the novels A Thousand Splendid Novels and Saffron Dreams", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.22-26, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06005.pdf

"Societal Oppression in the novels A Thousand Splendid Novels and Saffron Dreams", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. pp22-26, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06005.pdf