Patriarchy is that social institution which provides superior status to the male and inferior to the female. It promotes that powerstructured relationship in which one section of the society is controlled and governed by the other. The domination of men over women is chiefly the outcome of the bitter truth that earlier girls or women were kept away from acquiring education, therefore, they were denied of the opportunity to be economically independent and self-reliant. Due to the lack of knowledge they could not dare to establish their own identity and abilities in the outside world. They were considered to spend their whole life remaining confined within the four boundaries of home only. Obviously enough, they could not justify their worth as an individual in the socio-political spheres. They were not able to express their dissatisfactions and agonies openly and had to suffer silently throughout their lives. However, in the post-independence India, the conditions of women got much improved due to the equal opportunities of education made accessible to them by the Indian constitution. The present research paper aims at focusing on the role of the Indian women writers in English in the psycho-emotional emancipation of women in the post-independence India. The paper will try to analyse how Indian women influenced with feminism have been expressing their thoughts and feelings by becoming a concerned writer after independence. It will elucidate the endeavours made by them to give voice to the pain and sufferings of Indian women from a woman’s point of view. The paper will throw light on the development of self-esteem and fearlessness among the majority of women of the country by dint of the literary contributions made by the women litterateur and authors.
Assistant Professor & Head, Department of English, Gautam Buddha Mahila College, Gaya, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
