THE THEME OF GENDER RELATIONSHIP IN 'THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS' BY SHASHI DESHPANDE (Pages 78-83) by Ms. M. Kokila* and Ms. Indhumathi ** in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Women always face a lot of problems in their life. Women in society still suffer from sex discrimination, a high percentage of illiteracy, female infanticide and oppression, etc. Women in Society considered as burden for their parents and husbands as they think that women are here only to consume money whole life without earning a little bit. The dark hold’s no terror is a treatise the state of women. The novelist is a woman herself, has presented a realistic study of the attitude and conduct of women in Indian middle-class families. Shashi Deshpande focuses on the world of Indian women in the context of modern society. In this paper, I present Indian feminism in her novel “Dark holds no terror”.omen always face a lot of problems in their life. Women in society still suffer from sex discrimination, a high percentage of illiteracy, female infanticide and oppression, etc. Women in Society considered as burden for their parents and husbands as they think that women are here only to consume money whole life without earning a little bit. The dark hold’s no terror is a treatise the state of women. The novelist is a woman herself, has presented a realistic study of the attitude and conduct of women in Indian middle-class families. Shashi Deshpande focuses on the world of Indian women in the context of modern society. In this paper, I present Indian feminism in her novel “Dark holds no terror”.Keywords: Alienation, consciousness, repression, gender discrimination, Identity, sensitivity, and trauma