ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book deals with select women’s fiction in post-independence India in light of socio-political, economic, and cultural processes which determine women’s negotiations with the state. It analyses the significance of women’s rights as individuals and citizens with respect to institutions like family, community, and the state. The book illustrates that Indian women’s writing across languages, texts, and contexts constitutes a traffic line in the gendered narratives of post-independence nation. It also analyses the various facets of the women’s movement in India, which have exposed the nation-state’s unwillingness to engage with alternative conceptions of the extant gendered habitus. The book shows how women’s fiction performs a concomitant role with the actual existing feminist endeavours in India, rather than simply being cultural artefacts. It suggests that women’s resistance and rebellions have a potential of evolving into strong political confrontations against communal and structural inequalities.
