Author(s): Shivani Sharma

Abstract: The present paper is an attempt to discuss the marginalised voice of “the mother” figures in mainstream women writers of India like Shashi Deshpande, Kiran Desai, and Manju Kapoor belonging to different decades and has significantly projected the dimensions of the mother-daughter relationship. Though in their writings, the mothers are voiceless and marginalised by none other than their daughters. Their projection of voiceless mothers and sole-dominated daughters has become a never-ending custom in Indian literature where mothers are being muted with no perspectives. The discussion is focused on the idealisation of motherhood and voiceless mothers projected as the “bad mother” without listening to them.

Keywords: idealisation, marginalisation, mother, motherhood, mute.

Article Info: Received: 3 Jul 2021; Received in revised form: 11 Jul 2021; Accepted: 25 Jul 2021; Available online: 04 Aug 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.64.22