Gender Discrimination in Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terror

Gender is a common term where Gender discrimination is meant only for women because females are the only victims of gender discrimination. In India, mostly women at a young age depending on their father, in the middle age-she depends on their husband, and in the older age-depends on their son. Women always depend on somebody for their livelihoods. Hence, independence in economical aspects is imperative for women’s development. The novel The Dark Hold No Terrors explores the trauma of a middle-class working woman who has become a trap in a male-dominated society. Deshpande pictures her men and women characters as the victim of modern society. In this novel, Sarita (saru) is the female protagonist who narrates the story. Through her narration, we can understand her parents, dead brother Dhurva, her husband Manohar (manu), and her old teacher Boozie. She decides not to protest against the oppression quality openly by breaking her familial life.