Storm In Chandigarh Analysis

The narratives get caught up in the ideology by continuing to tell tales of female characters returning to once rejected roles. Regardless narrative indicate unequal relationships of power; the expose artifice of the natural man oeuvre of power and space. In their capacity a completed texts, the narratives are capable of revealing the gaps in ideology in the process of enacting. As literary representations of Sahgal’s narratives is thus the parody ideology. The ideological fields that reflect the ‘real’ and yet are not real on account of their own status as friction. The female protagonists in the novels Storm in Chandigarh and A Situation in New Delhi experience conflict, frustration, alienation and bitterness in their holy marriage. The female characters in Storm in Chandigarh wriggle out of the

This is brought out clearly in the portrayal of far from ideal marriages of three young couples-Vishal and Leela, Inder and Saroj and Jit and Mara. The theme of the novel is violence, not necessarily an obvious physical violence, but an invisible and the more subtle form of violence. Saroj’s pre-marital relationship becomes the cause of failure of their marriage. Inder is the husband of Saroj who obsessed and could not forgive this act of Saroj and constantly exploits her sense of innocence. Saroj has become a victim of the male tyranny. Saroj’s quest for communication and sharing naturally leads her towards Vishal, whom she finds more understanding and considerate. Vishal who is the husband of Leela wants to build a true relationship with her. But he felt a great deal of unhappiness because she had always lived a life of pretence and hypocrisy with Vishal. She realized the torture of living together intimately yet remained strangers to each other. In the same novel, another couple is Jit and Mara who