SOLIDARITY AMONG WOMEN IN BINDING VINE BY SHASHI DESHPANDE

Abstract

Shashi Deshpande is one of the best English-language authors from India. She portrays the inner thoughts of a typical middle-class Indian woman focused on her job yet caught between tradition and modernity. She manages every aspect of life with grace. Her portrayals of mother-daughter, husband-wife, mother-in-law, and daughter- in-law relationships in her novels have a profound impact on her readers. In "The Binding Vine" by Shashi Deshpande, the research topic of solidarity examines the idea of women helping one another in a patriarchal culture. Shashi Deshpande's work The Binding Vine is a stream-of-consciousness novel in which the main character, Urmi, describes the story from her point of view. There are several parallel threads in the novel. The novel examines issues including rape, violence, loss, a loveless marriage, marital strife, and the spirit of women who overcome adversity to find relief, triumph, and even salvation. The research subject examines how the novel's representation of female solidarity contributes to the novel's overall theme. Inni, Mira, Akka, Shakutai, Kalpana, and Vanna are some of the female characters in this novel who I strive to pinpoint as having a feminine kinship, sisterhood, and solidarity. It is based on a woman's capacity to support or meet the needs of another woman who is unhappy and is going through pain. The study's focus makes a significant contribution to the study of Indian English literature and offers a provocative examination of the intricacies of interpersonal relationships and the quest for identity.