Fiction is born out of the society in which it lives. It does not ignore the change in the society, synchronic or diachronic rather portrays them in befitting manner. In the portrayal of society, the representation of women emerges as the most significant aspect for the Indian woman writers writing in English. Postcolonial Indian women authors have not only exhorted an exposition of the patriarchal ideologies and their oppressive tendencies toward feminist growth and expression, but have also envisioned ways of counteracting those attitudes. The new woman is no longer a marginalized being rather an embodiment of power. However, in recent times the women characters have gradually evolved through a process of psychological development from suffering, weeping and subaltern women to independent women. The writer uses various phases of women's life in order to portray these changes in the image of women. Their female portrayal is reflective of the psychological and behavioural changes women undergo to achieve the status of emancipation and empowerment. Through the eyes of women novelist one can see a different world - a journey into their deeper selves and their discovery of a new real identity. Anees Jung, an Indian woman author, journalist and columnist, like her contemporaries – Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, Manju Kapur et al. affirms the constructive power of women, despite the fact that sorrow and restriction have led obstacles in the lives of many women. She in her most representative work Unveiling India explains the changes that have taken place in Indian society and her vision of survival moves beyond the Sita-Savitri ideal of women as wife. She focuses on the emergence of women with their individual personality and independent attitude. She has presented the story of women who understand what survival isa story with grace.
Guest Faculty (English), Mahila College, Biharsharif
