QUE : Women novelists of Gujarat have successfully portrayed the psychology of female heroines in their novels – Discuss.

Women-centric works have been created in literature found in all places and languages ​​of the world, but when the portrayal of the psychological state of women by women writers in their own works is very emotional.

•  Women novelists of Gujarat and portrayal of the psychology of female heroines in their novels
  
•  Among the feminist women writers of Gujarat, Dhirubhen Patel, Kundanika Kapadia, Himanshi Shelat, Varsha Adalja, Ila Pathak, Ila Arab Mehta, Bindu Bhatt etc. can be considered excellent creators. In recent times, the name of Kajal Ojha Vaidya can also be added. Women’s pain and female sensitivity are also revealed in her novels and she portrays the psychology of women.

•  Varsha Adalja: Women’s sensibilities are revealed in the works of Varsha Adalja. Her notable novels are ‘Third Coast’, ‘Fallen Beaches’, ‘When the Knot is Untied’ etc.

•  The novel ‘Third Coast’ is a story of women’s sensibilities, personal problems, suffering and becoming self-reliant. The main character of this novel is ‘Ashumi’. Her character shows the condition of a woman in a patriarchal society.

•  In this novel, Ashumi is shown as a woman who resists the patriarchal society. In which the mood of a woman is seen in resisting the patriarchal customs of the society.

•  Dhirubhen Patel: The world of women also emerges in Dhirubhen Patel’s novels. Her novels are mostly seen as women-centric. In her novel, Vadavanal, Shimlaan Phool, Vaavantol touches the feelings of a woman in a more personal way.
  
•  Her novel Vaavantol is about a woman who is imprisoned for committing a murder. The psychological approach of this story focuses on the mental anguish of a woman’s mind.
  
•  In this way, Vaavantol also has a story covering the life and death of a character named ‘Taya’. In which a happy It is the story of an orphan who enters the family.
  
•  Kajal Ojha Vaidya: In Kajal Ojha Vaidya’s novel ‘Draupadi’, the cry of pain of a woman who sets out to find herself is seen. Although the main character of this story is Draupadi of the Mahabharata, the entire novel is written by the narrator ‘I’.
  
•  In which the woman who says ‘I’ does not only mean Draupadi of the Mahabharata, but the story of a woman born in any era. Who sets out to find herself, and the problems and pain she experiences at that time are presented in this novel.
  
•  Kundanika Kapadia: Kundanika Kapadia is also such a feminist creator, in whose novels Before Dawn, Aganpipasa, Prem Na Aasun and Saat Paath Akasham, etc., female feelings emerge.
  
•  ‘Saat Paath Akasham’ deals with the delicate problems of the relationship between a man and a woman. In this context, it is a novel depicting the sufferings of women’s lives.
  
•  It is a story of the struggle between a woman’s existence and her dignity. The place of women has always been of second rank and the mentality of the society that considers women as only a tool to serve their husbands and give birth to sons to further the lineage is reflected in this story.
  

                              Thus, Gujarati women novelists have put the mundane life of women, their struggles and their moods on paper in their novels.