Exploration of female individuality: A third world feminist reading of Bijaya Malla's Anuradha

Abstract

Malla's Anuradha explores Anuradha’s individuality by opposing any specific forms of exploitation propagated by male ideology and female submission. Anuradha tries her best to oppose her forceful marriage, thereby resisting the exploitation of male culture and hegemonized female supporters. Her mother forces her for forceful marriage with Ratnaman Singh without her consent. She feels that all males see her from an eye of lustfulness. For them, her beauty and smile can become an easy target. In these backdrops, she develops her value of freedom and individuality to the extent that her extreme hatred and revenge turns herself as a psychopath.