ISSN 2394-5125
 


    Portrayal of Neha as Distressed Self in Jaishree Misra’s A Scandalous Secret (2020)


    Nimila S F,Dr. J Giftlin Iyadurai
    JCR. 2020: 3151-3153

    Abstract

    In India people give more importance to family integrity and traditional values. Marriage plays a pivotal role for preserving all these culture and traditions. In a family both the husband and wife have to sacrifice their own dreams and fascination for a good relationship. Indian women have many do’s and don’ts that has to be followed. The early pregnancy of a girl is considered as a sin and she is pointed as a bad woman. Jaishree Misra’s novel A Scandalous Secret portrays the pressure and mental conflict faced by the protagonist Neha. She and her parents are afraid of the conventional culture. While studying at Oxford an eighteen- year-old Neha fell in love with her professor then gave birth to a baby girl. The premarital sex and maternity are considered as a sin in the society. It makes her abandon her child and give up to adoption. Later she has married an Indian according to the wishes of her parents. She concealed all these secrets for several years. Neha is a mother at the time she is a wonderful wife. In this novel Misra gives a clear account of the mental conflict and pressure in the mind of Neha

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    Volume 7 Issue-5

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