Abstract

The novel Inside the Haveli highlights the idea of woman empowerment in a patriarchal culture. Resistance of women in the novel leads them to empowerment. The term inside stands for every woman who is put to the peripheries and is considered as weaker sex. “Haveli” itself stands for the state of Rajasthan and powerless condition of women in Rajasthan. The women in the novel are trapped in a system like Catch-22 where they don"t have any space. They are deprived of the facilities like education, basic right to express and freedom of thought. The paper attempts to throw light on journey of female protagonist from a powerless to powerful woman.