Fictional World of Shobha De

From the border line of journalism Shobha De made her way into the realm of literature. She shows marvelous skill and style in her novels. Over the years, she has very slowly evolved a style of her own and at present it is also recognized as her own peculiar style of writing in 'Hinglish'. She aptly deals with delicate issues such as family, husband-wife relationship, male dominance, sex and also projects self-identity with feminism very confidently. She has secured a permanent place in the contemporary literature by her unique style for projecting realism and romance in her writing. Many a times, she has been held responsible for accelerating the pace and bringing about a sexual revolution through her writings. De's life-story is a sparkling record of what an ordinary but determined Indian woman can do. This book is a systematic investigation to establish some core facts on the writings of Shobha De who is one of the major contemporary writers. It fathoms the new current of Indian ethos, such as tradition, custom, psyche, culture, marriage and alienation. It catches the glimpse of new Indian thematic concerns, radical problems of the lesbians and homosexuals. The book is basically a comprehensive and fastidious research on De's works; therefore it will be of extreme assistance to anyone - novice students, a teacher or a research scholar.