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Thesis Presentation Presented By: Fatima Akhtar

Dissertation Statement Plight of Widows: Study of Patriarchal society in Bapsi Sidwa’s “Water”.

About Author •

Pakistan's most prominent English fiction writers. Bapsi Sidhwa has shown keen interest in the social works related to women and destitute children.

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Bapsi Sidhwa is a Parsi diaspora writer and the genres discussed in her novels are Post-colonialism, Partition, and cultural Literature.

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In 1991 she was awarded by Sitara-iImtiaz.

About Novel About Novel • Published in 2006 • Based on a film by Deepa Mehta • Water is all about Indian widows in the 1930s and how they were forcefully made to live in the widow ashrams.

Objectives • Main objective is to highlight the suppressed women in the name of religion. • Aims to reveal child marriage and unwillingness to accept imposed fate. • Another main objective is to compare the lives of mid 19th century widow women with the present times in India.

Research Gap • What is the current situation of 21st century widows are they still suffering from their ruthless orthodox tradition? • This research aims to investigate the present condition of widows how they are treated in the context of India. Are they still facing their cruel social norms?

Conclusion • Women are victims of patriarchal society. • In ruthless world women considers nothing without his man.