Strange obsession is the story of the gorgeous young supermodel amrita aggarwal. Dr naresh kumar vats guru gobind singh indraprastha. While on the way becoming model, shobha faced many strange people and strange events. She was youngest of the women chosen and had to model exquisite banarasi sarees. She writes about female gender and gives graphic depiction of their pursuits and attitudes. You would end up disliking all the characters as well as the story. Shobha des female protagonists successfully come out of their constricting environment. The women in their works are no so silent sufferers that their voices will be hushed so easily rendering them powerless and speechless. She also is the founder, editor and contributor to several womens magazines in india, including femina. This novel was followed by starry nights 1991, sisters 1992, strange obsession 1992, sultry days 1994 and snapshots 1995.
The dreams of innocent girls who wish to enter the movies and modelling are shattered and exploited in this novel. Story of a girl naomi whose father is involved in crimes since her child. The representation of the lesbian body in contemporary indian. Research scholar department of english annamalai university. The novel revolves around the lustful lesbian relationship of two young girls, amrita aggarawal and meenakshiiyengar minx or meenu. A study of the novel strange obsession international journal of. Her novel starry nights narrates the story of a film star asha rani who leaves no stone unturned to achieve her goal. After making her name as a model and first working with ashvin gatha, she began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three. Lesbianism is a socially unaccepted behaviour right from the early history, many people don t like it because it is a different thing. A study of shobha des novel strange obsession in international conference on english language and literature icell 2012 on 14 and 15 july 2012 at hyderabad, andra pradesh, india, conducted by international academic and industrial rearch. After acquiring the internal knowledge about bollywood, especially actresses and models, she uses that kno.
A thematic study of shobhaa des novels socialite evenings and second thoughts protest against the ideal a close study of shobhaa des works reveals her protest against the good and ideal image of woman. She has been regarded as, the high priestess of gossip and innuendo. A study of the new woman in the selected novels of manju. Gradually she invites the attention of a strange woman named minx whose strange demands jumble up amritas life turning it into a nightmare. The novel relates the story of meenakshiiyengars minxs abnormal, weird and unnatural passion for amrita, a bombay based model. Penguin books published shobha des novel, strange obsession, in 1992. A critical analysis through shobha des novels article pdf available in language and literature volume 2issue1. International journal of english and education issn. Obsession by rashmi gupta presents that shobhaa des work is more capable. She has tasted the sweet fruits of success through her prominent novels. An innocent girl one day followed into a wood her father in the night seeing her fathers crimes, her life changed completely. High emotions in unprotected life in shobha des strange obsession kamlesh a. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have see numerous times for their favorite books like this sultry days shobha. Strange obsession revolves around the lesbian relationship between.
It also underscores that women, must be discrete to distinguish between the real and deceptive, fake and genuine, deleterious. But in 2011, the year i spent without a job and was omnivorous in reading books des sisters caught my eyes. Socialite evenings, starry nights, sisters, strange obsession, sultry days and snapshots. Xaviers college, mumbai with a degree in psychology. However, after spending much time in the modelling world she entered novel writing profession. Exploration of manwoman relationship in the selected. When amrita aggarwal, a finelooking aspiring model, reaches mumbai to have a career in the modeling world, she is emotionally abducted by minx, an ugly lesbian. The uses of gents and ladys private parts stun the reader in the very first reading of the novel.
Within months of her arrival in bombay, she is the envy of its beautiful people. Starry nights, sultry days, sisters, strange obsession, snapshots and second thoughts, two books of nonfiction surviving men and speedpost. She began her advent in the literary scene in 1989 with socialite evenings, starry nights 1991, sisters, strange. A thematic study of shobhaa des novels socialite evenings and.
In our society, women illtreat and exploit women instead of showing love, respect and understanding for their own sex. In this novel shobha des women have been described pleasureseeking women in the company of husbands. Shobha des novel a strange obsession and raj raos recently published novel room no. Strange obsession more editions of strange obsession. This paper focuses the hurdles faced by the protagonist and how she confronts it and overcomes it successfully. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Strange obsession strange obsession, authored in the year 1994, narrates the tale of a supermodel amrita aggarwal who arrives in mumbai earning envy of the people. The novel scores well on romance and ecstasy, but eroticism and feminism gallops throughout the book. Image of lesbianism in shobha des starry nights and strange obsession m.
Stories from my life have all been phenomenal bestsellers. It is a means of victimization and exploitation for the aspirants in the glamour world. The heights of criminality and fixation in shobha des strange obsession dr. The novel sisters tells about the sexual obsession of one woman for another. Indian literature 01 abhishek sarkar the beauty of diction in exploring 0104. Image of lesbianism in shobha des starry nights and strange. Within months of her arrival in bombay, she is the envy of its beautiful.
The representation of the lesbian body in contemporary. Shalini yadav assistant professor, aljouf university, kingdom of saudi arabia, sakaka po. Way of writing will be an expression of his personality and his way of looking at life. By this she tends to substitute patriarchy with a new discourse of eonism through a transversatile personality meenakshi iyengar. Khindri 74 80 87 97 105 116 123 7 144 150 157 165 171 180 189. After making her name as a model, she began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three magazines stardust, society, and celebrity.
She has been the writer of several popular soaps on television, including indias second daily serial, swabhimaan first is shanti. Letters to my children and an autobiography selective memory. Her ten books with penguin india the novels socialite evenings, starry nights, sultry days, sisters, strange obsession, snapshots and second thoughts, two books of nonfiction surviving men and speedpost. It attempts to make comprehensive critical comments on her fiction with. Exploration of manwoman relationship in the selected novels. Image of lesbianism in shobha des novels starry nights and. Shobha des novel socialite evenings is about the journey of a prominent bombay socialite karuna from an ordinary middle class girl to a selfsufficient woman. One might say that gender identities cannot be change on exchanged at. Since there was nothing else to read, i started opening up the pages of the novel. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The research paper examines the eccentricities and neurotic persona of an.
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