Awaken of the Suppressed Soul in Shashi Deshpande's That Long Silence

In India, women writers have put forth the problems faced by the educated middle class woman in her everyday life. Right from the ancient  days,  many  women  have  strived  hard  to  cope  up  with  this male  centered  world,  few  have  also  raised  their  voice  against  the ill treatment. In modern era, the difficulties being faced by women may  vary,  but  they  still  exist.  Modern  women,  being  educated  are unable to put up with the hindrances of their suppressed life. Women in  the  past,  barely  educated,  had  tolerance  to  bear  the  suppression of  the  society.    But,  today’s  woman,  being  a  literate,  finds  it  hard to  accept  the  old  traditions  as  it  is.  She  encounters  inner  conflicts while travelling with both traditional and modern values. Traditional values being mixed in modern woman blood right from her early age of growth and modernity engulfing her in her later age of maturity, has left her in psychological convulsions.