Quest for Self-Realization in Small Remedies of Shashi Deshpande

The present paper focuses on the quest for self-realisation of Shashi Deshpande‟s female characters. Her female characters are mostly educated, employed and housewives also. Her characters range from middle class to higher middle class. All characters plays various roles at the different stages of life and in their each role they are expected to remain loyal to their family members especially to their husbands. All these female are in quest of their real identity in the male dominated society. The present paper is an attempt to study the female characters who are longing for their status and real identity in the male dominated society. All the female major characters like Madhu, Munni , Leela, Savitribai are discussed in the light of quest for self-realisation.