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Synopsis In Indian English Fiction feminism has manifested in all its strengths and contradictions in the works of Anita Desia, Rama Mehta, Nayantara Sahgal and Shashi Deshpande among others. The national Academy of Letters, i.e. Sahitya Academy has acknowledged the excellence of several works of fiction written by these women writers over the years. Though rooted in the native ethos these novels unravel the strategies of their unravel the strategies of their creators to grab the male space. The volume provides a critique of the evolving pattern of victim consciousness of Indian women writers under the pervasive impact of the Feminist movement of the West. The Sixteen essays comprising the volume analyse the Akademi Awarded classics like fire on the Mountain, inside the Haveli, Rich Like Us and That Long Silence from the feminist perspective. They offer new insights into Indian women who are seen moving slowly but surely from subordination to empowerment, from sexual purity to sexual emancipation and from silence to speech. Together the essays provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind of Indian women as they perceive their position in the patriarchal set-up, bearing the weight of tradition and at the same time reacting to the pressures for change and modernity. The contributors include scholars of repute with proven expertise in the Indian English Fiction. The volume opens up new vistas of critical inquiry to approach these texts in the context of feminist theory.