Subarnalata by Ashapurna Debi [Hardcover]

This book is one of a collection of leading Indian post-independence novels. Each text is supported with an introduction and either detailed footnotes or a glossary as appropriate. Publication coincides with the 50th anniversary of Indian independence. THE CENTRAL THEME. Subarnalata fights to search for a space of her own within the male-dominated society. This search becomes a struggle against the existing patriarchal social structures which deny the existence of women as an individual who are different from their so-called social guardians.