Untold Saga of Victimized Women of A Matter of Time of Shashi Deshpande

In the present paper, the attempt has been made to look into the plight and pathos of victimized women of A Matter of Time. Shashi Deshpande’s women characters suffer from many struggle and pains in the male dominated society. A Matter of Time deals with the human predicament of three women representing three generations of the same family. This novel portrays the picture of a lady, namely, Sumi, who is not exploited by her husband directly, but she suffers due to sudden and selfish escape of her husband, Gopal, leaving all responsibilities of the family upon her shoulders.