Contribution of Manju Kapur

 Manju Kapur is a famous Indian English novelist. Her writings reflect man-woman relationship, human desire, longing, body, gender discrimination, marginalization, rebellion and protest. The female protagonists in Manju Kapur's novels are caught in a continuous dichotomy between the personal needs and the institutional and social obligations and responsibilities. They challenge the male domination and patriarchal mechanisms of surveillance and control over women's body.
Till date she has written five novels- Difficult Daughters, The Immigrant, A Married Woman, Home and The Custody. Her first novel 'Difficult Daughters' won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and was a number one best seller in India.
Manju Kapur's work center around the middle class and her readers are often stunned by her sharply-etched characters and emotional settings. Her themes almost always are women-centric and revolve around the issues of home and family.
Her first novel "Difficult Daughters" is a tale of the protagonist's struggle for career and identity against the dominant ideology of domesticity. Her next novel "A Married Woman" presents an interesting collage of the problems, insecurities faced by middle class woman and nation both on the verge of the transition. Her third novel "Home" exposes the still prevalent parochial attitudes towards the upbringing of the girl child in India. In fourth novel "The Immigrant" explores the adjustments and frustrations of a modern marriage. Her fifth novel " The Custody" is not just a social commentary, but a novel that is true to the universal angst of modern marriage, with its burden of individualism.
Manju Kapur's novels encapsulate women's liberation and their 'quest for identity' and her protagonists metamorphose into a 'new woman' on the path of self-discovery.  

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