EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN VIJAY TENDULKAR’S

SILENCE! THE COURT IS IN SESSION

A Project submitted to Bharathiar University in Partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the award of the Degree of

MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

Submitted by

DINESH KUMAR. C

(1P16EN006)

Under the Guidance of

J. FARIDA M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.,

Associate Professor

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

RATHNAVEL SUBRAMANIAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

(AUTONOMOUS)

NAAC Re-Accredited & ISO Certified Institution

Sulur, Coimbatore-641402. Tamil Nadu

www.rvscas.ac.in

March 2018

J. FARIDA M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.,

Associate Professor, Department of English

Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science

Sulur, Coimbatore – 641402

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the major project entitled EXPLOITATION OF

WOMEN IN VIJAY TENDULKAR’S SILENCE! THE COURT IS IN SESSION

submitted to Bharathiar University in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the

award of the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH is a record of the

original research work done by DINESH KUMAR. C during 2017-2018 of his study

in Department of English, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science,

Sulur, Coimbatore-641402, under my supervision and guidance and that it has not

been submitted for the award of any other Degree/ Diploma/ Associate ship/

Fellowship or similar title to any other University.

Signature of the Guide

Countersigned

Head of the Department Principal

External Examiner
DECLARATION
 I, DINESH KUMAR. C, do hereby declare that the major project entitled

EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN VIJAY TENDULKAR’S SILENCE! THE

COURT IS IN SESSION submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in partial

fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS

IN ENGLISH is a record of the original and independent work carried out by me

during 2017-2018 under the supervision and guidance of J. FARIDA, M.A., B.Ed.,

M.Phil., Associate Professor, Department of English, Rathnavel Subramaniam

College of Arts and Science, Sulur, Coimbatore-641402, and it has not previously

formed for the basis for the award of any other Degree/ Diploma/ Associate ship/

Fellowship or similar title to any other University.

Signature of the Student

Place: Coimbatore DINESH KUMAR.C

Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 I thank God Almighty and all well-wishers who helped me to bring out this

project work in a successful manner. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to

respected Shri.Dr. K.V.Kuppusamy, Chairman, RVS Educational Trust, Sulur and

Mr.K.Senthil Ganesh, MBA(USA), M.Sc.,(U.K) Managing Trustee, RVS

Educational Trust, Sulur for the opportunity given to study at Rathnavel Subramaniam

College of Arts and Science, Sulur.

I express my sincere gratitude to respected Dr. H. Muhamed Mubarack,

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Secretary, RVS Educational Trust, Sulur. I extend my sincere

thanks to Dr. P.Thirunavukkarasu, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Dip.Ed., Principal,

Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science, Sulur, for his constant

encouragement and support.

Next, I extend my humble gratitude to Dr. M. Kanakaraj, M.A., MLIS.,

Ph.D., Associate Professor and Librarian, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts

and Science, Sulur for providing me valuable sources from the library.

I have immense pleasure on expressing my deep sense of gratitude,

indebtedness and sincere thanks to Dr.K.Nagarathinam, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

Head, Department of English, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science,

Sulur, for her encouragement and support throughout the period of study.

I am thankful to my guide Mrs. J. Farida, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., Associate

Professor, Department of English, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and

Science, Sulur, for her perfect guidance, support, help and valuable suggestions

effected at every step of the study.

I also thank all the staff members of the Department of English, Rathnavel

Subramaniam College of Arts and Science, Sulur, for their immense help and

kindness throughout the period of study.

 Finally, I express my sincere thanks to my parents and my friends for the help

rendered and blessings to complete my project successfully.

CONTENTS
Sl. No. Title Page .No.

I Introduction 01

II Themes and Techniques in Vijay Tendulkar’s

Silence! The Court is in Session 09

III Exploitation of Women Vijay Tendulkar’s

Silence! The Court is in Session 24

IV Summation 37

Works Cited 43