ABSTRACT
Krishna Sobti lived her life largely on her own, and she totally rejected any feeling of insecurity that usually emerges out of solitariness. It was on account of such an indefatigable spirit that Krishna Sobti could offer to Hindi its first such heroines who are neither cast in the dye of submissive daughters bred on the values of a joint family nor are depicted as the mere husband-worshipping dolls of a nuclear household. However, Krishna Sobti herself did not exist in a vacuum; she was the product of a tradition, and it is no sheer coincidence that authors witness a surge in women's writing and creativity in this period. While Krishna Sobti identified the rebel female character as her chosen voice for the purpose of writing, Mahashweta Devi gave voice to various aspects of socio-political conflicts. Summarily, it is such a grand tradition within which Krishna Sobti is born and evolves as a writer.
