What is the Theme of story girls by mrinal pande?

Answer 1

it mainly deals with the different and unjust treatment rendered to girls in a middle class Indian family. it deals with gender discrimination. the protagonist is the 9 year old girl and she has been given so much unimportance that even her name isn't mentioned in the story. she is always very insecure and nervous but also has a rebellious streak in her due to which she gets her point across to the others!the desensitized mother is very unsympathetic and thinks that girls do not have their own identity and come after boys despite her also being a female!

Answer 2

The story 'Girls' deals with the way Indian women is treated in our society. it basically tells us the unjustified idolatry of the male child and a woman's sensitive perspective and the hypocrisy of some rituals. it shows us how we treat women in our modern society. the whole story is narrated by an eight year old girl, who is the second daughter of a middle class family. her mother is a very irritable person, as she is going through her fourth pregnancy, and fervently hopes that it's a boy this time.

Answer 3

it is a short story written by Mrinal pande and the narrator is an eight year old girl who has two sisters and were treated very badly by their mother as the mother is wants to give birth to a boy child in her next pregnancy

Answer 4

the story highlights how Indian society takes its women for granted and thus women play a secondary role in the family. the author presents a critical look at Indian society, which in spite of all the progress and modernization we see around us, continues to mistreat its women.

Answer 5

The short story Girls is based on the story of an eight year old girl named Mrinal Pandey. The summary of the story is about how Indian society takes girls for granted and makes them take a lessor role in their families.

Answer 6

finally the girls abhorrence of her society for the degradation of girls comes out vociferously when she screams in the end.these lines sum up the changing attitude of girls in our society in today's India.

I think attitude towards women are already undergoing significant changes at least in the middle class society.governments at the censure and in the states have introduced many legislative measures and executive polices to help women get educated and become economically independent.I think these new trends should be encouraged further to ensure an equal status in our society

Answer 7

the girls chapter is a heart touching story and the character of the narrater is of a very revolting nature.she is one of the victims of the society in which girls are looked in an infereor way..