Subjugation of Women in Githa Hariharan’s When Dreams Travel

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to depict the subjugation of women in Githa Hariharan’s prestigious novel, When Dreams Travel. This novel of Githa Hariharan investigates the possibility of women’s presence, survival and personality emergency alongside different dimensions. At the point When Dreams Travel depicts the subjugation and oppression of women in patriarchal society. Apparently, Hariharan's direction is absolutely remarkable and described in an ornate way. Githa Hariharan's When Dreams Travel is revised aspect of Middle Eastern myth “A Thousand and One Nights”. By re-revealing to Shahrzad's story from a feministic viewpoint, Hariharan forces upon the reader an entire re-evaluating of the revulsion of women so clear in the celebrated interpretations of medieval anthologies.