(By Aryavart International University, India)
Dr Dhananjay Kumar Singh
Vol. 11 Jan-Jun 2021
Abstract:
Anita Desai portrays two cultures in terms of Fasting and Feasting. These two cultures are apparently two contrary cultures. But the novelist aims at that their unity rather than their diversity. Her novel unfolds the story of Uma who symbolizes the culture of India. Fasting finds her bonded oppressively by her parents, MamaPapa. What Uma reveals is that her nameless parents plot, plan and govern the lives of the siblings – hers in India and Arun’s in America among others. Living under the parental dispensation, they are unable to fulfil their aspirations. The novelist’s emphasis is that familial entrapment is ubiquitous. All the same entrapment is inevitable.