Evoking the Female Prowess: A Journey towards Self Realisation in K. R. Meera’s Aarachar

Abstract

Abstract

K.R.Meera’s Aarachar explores the life of strong female character Chetna Grddha Mullick. The novel’s protagonist is the first woman executioner in India. Aarachar is a powerful female epic which narrates the story of India’s first successful hang woman. Beavouir’s statement ?one is not born a woman;but becomes one? is very much relevant in the reading of Aarachar. Though the present patriarchal society nullifies the role of female, the women try their best in coming to the forefront by retaliating against the patriarchal norm. Women’s rage towards suppression is evident in the protagonist Chetna. By surpassing the conventional orthodoxy and ritualistic practices, Chetna wins in breaking up the potential oppression of female by the male chauvinists. Her journey towards self realisation by combating different kinds of struggles is narrated in the novel.