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.

• Bapsi Sidhwa is a Parsi diaspora

writer and the genres discussed in
her novels are Post-colonialism,
Partition, and cultural Literature.

• In 1991 she was awarded by Sitara-i-

Imtiaz.
 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.