Liberal feminism abbreviates women’s right and their empowerment. The aim of this study highlights liberal feminism in Namita Gokhale’s works The Book of Shadows (2001), Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011) and Things to leave Behind (2016). The features of liberal feminism exhibit the women protagonists’ grief and exertion to attain their goal and their responsibilities. Namita Gokhale is a multifarious writer, and her popular works are The Book of Shadows (2001), Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011) and Things to leave Behind (2016). Indian Fiction in general as well as in Indian English Fiction, both original and in translation (Gupta, 2020). The selected works have the issues of liberal feminism ideas that reflect throughout her writing. In Namita Gokhale’s works, the major protagonists that represent liberal feminist attributes are Rachita, Priya and Tilottama. Each character has the reflection of liberal feminist ideas through their life. The notable thinkers of liberal feminism are John Stuart Mill, Mary Wollstonecraft, Betty Friedan, Rosemarie Tong, Susan Moller Okin, Martha Nussbaum and Zillah Eisenstein.
Feminism is a women’s movement fighting for equal rights and status. The purpose of this study concentrates on the reflection of feminism in Namita Gokhale’s selected works The Book of Shadows (1999), Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). The features of feminism strive for equal rights for both men and women, particularly the emancipation of women, fight for their rights, freedom, equal rights, and gender issues. Namita Gokhale is a famous writer, and her notable works are The Book of Shadows, Priya: In Incredible Indyaa, and Things to Leave Behind. These selected works address the issues of feminism. The major protagonists of these selected works of Namita Gokhale are Rachita, Tilottama and Priya. Each character’s life reflects the issues of feminism theory. Some famous feminists are Rachel Speght, Olympe de Gouge, Mary Wollstonecraft, Judith Sargent Murray, Fredrika Bremer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and so on. The methodology of this study focuses on the feminist theory which is compared with Namita Gokhale’s selected works. In discussion, the researchers compare the survey with the other studies for deeper understanding. Future study recommendations are alienation, self-identity, psychoanalysis, self-disorder, and parental care.
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