Research Journal Of English (RJOE) Copyright Oray's Publication Page 117 Empowerment of Women in Sudha Murty's Novel 'Mahashweta'

The women empowerment movement in India took rapid strides in the wake of nationalist ideas in the nineteenth century. A well-known name in Indian English writing is Sudha Murthy. Her entire body of literary work has as its main goals the empowerment of women and the teaching of their own rights. Her works show a development in women's psychic awareness of their place in society. The finest way to explore the idea of a new empowered woman who is more powerful than any man is through Mahashweta. The paper's major objective is to present a lady as a role model for the female community. The novel underlines that women can be independent thinkers rather than being controlled by men as they once were. The primary issue with women is that they are more focused on their husbands while their husbands neglect and mistreat their own wives. Women reject their husbands at this time and forget their own identities. The most significant jab at the patriarchal culture comes from the novel Mahashweta. In the novel, Anupama decides to divorce her spouse and embrace her new, independent existence. Sudha Murthy's "Mahashweta" is the best illustration of how to dispel generalised misconceptions about women and demonstrate how important they are to society. Protagonist craves for identity in the suffocated patriarchal system and takes a new step and birth towards empowerment. This journey leads to empowerment at one extent to another