Portrayal of Female Characters and their Socio-Psychological Conditions in Indira Goswami’s The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker

The prime concern of the present paper is to discuss socio-psychological conditions of a woman in the male dominated society as portrayed by Indira Goswami in her most famous and read novel, The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker. In the mentioned novel, Goswami depicts the bitter reality of a pathetic condition of a woman especially that of a widow in the male dominated society in India. Being a part and parcel of an Indian male dominated society, she expresses her observations and experiences in her novels through the characters. In the present novel, women and especially that of widows of Gossain - Brahmin society are portrayed by the novelist.