Issue of Feminine Sexuality in Namita Gokhale’s A Himalayan Love Story

Abstract

This paper explores Namita Gokhale’s A Himalayan Love Story from the perspective of a woman living in Indian hills. It focuses on the feminine mind that is upset by things like frankness, melancholy, ebullience, assertiveness, honesty, and strong assertion. A few of these attributes are connected to the novel’s protagonist. In addition to being a brilliant and compassionate lady, Parvati’s strong protests the pointless limitations force her to live a certain way after her marriage to Lalit Joshi because of her previous physical relationship with Salman, a history teacher. It also demonstrates how impossible and challenging it is to find unconditional connection in the harsh realities of the outside world. In the story, the new woman searches for her identity and defines herself, but she also encounters and hears the traditional male voice and image - often a derogatory one - of a woman in this patriarchal society. Her approach is particularly efficient in analysing the range of emotions, interactions, and misinterpretations that comprise married couples’ relationships.