The words of Shashi Deshpande stresses her inclination tothe ideasof Judith Butler, who boldly stated that feminism, reasserts te differnce between male and female genders. Deshpande's realistic view as a true feminist on the condition of middl class Indian women is ell expressed in her novel That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1990.l
That Long Silence, is not an imaginary story. It is a story that happens in every middle class and educated Indian woman"s life. Yes, the Indian wmen in this era are born at a time when there is much awareness about her rights, liberty to express her ideas, freeo to enjoy finance and the chance to stand for a cause. Still… the silence continues!
