From Silent Suffering to Emancipation: An Analysis of Sudha Murthy’s House of Cards

With the spring of Indian Independence, there has been an advancing transformation in the perspective and attitude towards women. It was genuinely discovered that India could not make complete and remarkable progress in numerous aspects without elevating the relegated gender. Sudha Murthy, an eminent Indian women writer in English, draws her pen on the palpable issues connected to women in the contemporary era of globalization and their strive for freedom in traditional Indian society. Her protagonists are intelligent, assiduous, as well as vulnerable. They conventionally move to entire succumbing; however, the core of self-regard remains with them eternally. But when this self-esteem is attacked frequently and vehemently, they eventually metamorphose themselves into a defiant, notwithstanding, in an amicable way. This paper throws light on the journey of female protagonist Mridula, who was manipulated, choused, and ignored by her spouse. Moreover, the breach of trust and frail marriage made her nonplussed and aghast. This feminine mystique of Murthy's protagonist emancipates her from silent suffering by establishing her individuality and emotional Independence. Initially, she suffers silently but ultimately emerges from the suffocating and mundane corporality in the hunt for a meaningful life and serenity.