Contents: 1. Feminism: a general introduction/S.K. Paul. 2. Feminism: a core-concept/R.S. Maurya. 3. Identity crisis--a concept in Indian women novelists/Shantha Kumari. 4. Woman on top: a study of feministic consciousness of modern Indian woman novelists/Anita Ghosh. 5. Psychological exploration of inner mind of Indian woman: a feminist perspective/R.K. Mishra. 6. Creation and feminity--an act of incompatibility/N. Sharada Iyer. 7. Woman: as a writer: re-mapping identities/S. Prasanna Sree. 8. Feminism and the emerging woman in Anand's The Old Woman and the Cow/Kanupriya. 9. Implications and interpretations of R.K. Narayan's feministic journey (from 'Savitri' to 'Rosie' and 'Daisy')/S.A. Mujumdar. 10. Gender and identity in Shantha Rama Rau's novels/Basavaraj Naikar. 11. Gender consciousness in Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve/Sasibala, L. 12. Gender discrimination in Fasting, Feasting/Amar Nath Prasad. 13. Anita Desai's response to feminism/Kulkarni Chandrashekhar Uddhavrao. 14. Monisha's plight in Voices in the City/Sadhana Agrawal. 15. Shashi Deshpande's A Matter of Time: a search for identity and culture/Ruby Milhoutra. 16. Facets of feminism in Shobha De's Starry Nights/Sheela Rani Khare. 17. Gita Mehta's Raj: a study of woman's struggle for her identity and existence/M.B. Gaijan.18. The conflict between the roots and wings in Manju Kapur's A Married Woman--a critical perspective/Shalini R. Sinha. 19. Feminist approach to Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters/Bhagabat Nayak. 20. Female consciousness in Mahasweta Devi's fiction Breast-Giver/S.K. Paul. Index.

"Feminism in Indian Writing in English is a modest attempt to evaluate critically the various aspects of feminism in Indian writing in English in the light of both the occidental and oriental approaches of feminism. The opening of the book contains some general papers dealing with the various definitions, trends, psychological exploration, identity crisis and movements concerning feminism and gender discrimination. The book also contains papers on a number of Indian writers in English e.g., Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Shantha Rama Rau, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, Gita Mehta, Manju Kapur and Mahasweta Devi.

The book, it is hoped, will surely get a warm reception by all those students, teachers and research scholars who want to be fully acquainted with feminism and the champions of feminism in Indian writing in English." (jacket)