Interrogating space and identity: Rereading Anuradha Marwah’s story Womanspace in Tis Hazari

Abstract

This paper attempts to question space and identity in Anuradha Marwah’s story “Womanspace in Tis Hazari.” In a patriarchal society women tend to lose their identity and personal space. They have to fight each and every in quest of their identity and a “room” (space) which they can call their own. This paper seeks to depict, in a patriarchal society women belonging from different social strata find it equally difficult to find a room (space) for their own, where they can live and work without any constraint.