User:Dr.Deepika Swarnkar

The novel clear light of day Clear light of day,was published in 1980.it was nominated for the Booker Booker award novel is set in old Delhi and it records the enormous changes that a Hindu family goes through since the Indian independence ,chiefly after the portition .Anita Desai considers clear Clear light of day of Day her most autobiographical work .she also unlike many indian writers ,places a premium on setting. Anita Anita Desai portrays indian women as marginalised characters facing challanges and burdens imposed by patriorichal society.All the subordinated by a male dominant culture which underestimates female Anita desai novel is split in four sections covering the Das family from the children's perspective in this order ,adulthood,adolescence and early childhood nd adulthood and a final return to an adult perspective in to the final chapter .The story centers on the Das family ,who hve grown apart with adulthood .In this insight ,she concludes that the bond of the family is greater than any other thing in this world ,that she felt their pains,and that she could not live without them.