Study about views on man-woman nexus in Shobha De’s Socialite Evenings

Abstract

'Socialite Evenings' by Shobha De is set at the backdrop of Mumbai high society. This is all about the lives of bored housewives of rich families whose husbands remain busy with their work and wives choose the option of extra marital affair. Their marriages are often seen as loveless one. Their husbands are often seeing their wives as matter of respectability rather than their life partners. Karuna, the central character of this story is bored with her life with husband and now she want to get rid of her boredom by writing a memoir. Her memoirs become successful and she achieves a lot of fame and pride in her new venture. She become a socialite and uses this prominence to get a job of advertising copywriter or a creator of a television channel. This novel was critically acclaimed but truly a masterpiece. Socialite Evenings' by Shobha De may seem abnormal to some persons. But as a matter of fact this is an interesting book with a combination of vague and conflicting images. This enables its readers to see India in a clearer way. The characters of the novel have some unique fashion, which is the character of Shobha De's style of writing.