International Journal of Literary Studies

Neelam Rani ¹

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1 JND Khalsa Girls College, Bhatinda, Punjab, IN

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Neelam Rani ¹

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1 Makdana, Bhiwani, Haryana, IN

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Neelam Rani ¹

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1 Independent Scholar, Gurugram, Haryana, IN

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Clear Light of Day begins with Tara's triennial visit to her home in old Delhi. To her sister Bim, living in a shabby, dusty house in old Delhi, Tara's visit turns out to be catalysis in her confrontation with her own life. That "the novel is carefully constructed, beautifully written, sensitive, funny, atmospheric was the verdict of the Times Literary SupplementZ'l About thethemeoftbisnovel,AnitaDesai says:

My novel is set in Old Delhi and records the tremendous changes that a Hindu family goes through since 1947. Basically, my preoccupation ivas xoith recording the passage of time. I was trying to write a four dimensional piece on hoio a family's life moves backzvards andforwards in a period of time. My novel is about time as a destroyer, as a preserver, and about what the bondage of time does to people. I have tried to tunnel under the mundane surface ofdomesticity. 2

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Neelam Rani ¹

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1 Independent Scholar, Gurugram, Haryana, IN

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Shobha De's novel Starry Nights is a novel which depicts different faces of women. Nisha Trivedi in her article, "Search for Identity in Starry Nights" describes: "The writers of the post-independence fiction have focused on contemporary problems. They have explored the vital areas of individual consciousness and have projected the fascinating images of cultural change, rather than transformation" (The Fiction of Shobha De, 180). De in this novel suggests that the only way a woman like Aasha Rani can reach the ladder of success is 'Sex'. Geeta Barua in her article, "Rise and fall of a star: A study of Starry Nights" comments: "The novel is also a faithful portrayal of the film world with all its perfidies, glamour, crimes, lies, and deceits and sexual exploitation. Since Shobha De the novelist has been long associated with the Bombay film world as a j ournalist she knows it first hand and has been able to portray it well" (The Fiction of Shobha De, 174).

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