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A0191180104 pdf 1 IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science IOSR-JHSS Volume Issue Ver VIII Nov PP - e-ISSN - p-ISSN - www iosrjournals org Rosie - the quintessential Indian Woman in R K Narayan's ??The Guide Gangotri Sil M A The University of Burdwan

IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science IOSR-JHSS Volume Issue Ver VIII Nov PP - e-ISSN - p-ISSN - www iosrjournals org Rosie - the quintessential Indian Woman in R K Narayan's ??The Guide Gangotri Sil M A The University of Burdwan Govt Assistant Teacher of English in Dahakula Junior High School Abstract This paper tries to observe the character of Rosie and trace the evolution that she goes through in the novel The Guide by R K Narayan As a result of her bold actions it is often thought that she is very di ?erent from common Indian women I have tried to show that in reality she is just like our diverse Indian culture which conceives both tradition and modernity Her desires dilemmas and decisions can happen only to an Indian woman She may seem ahead of her time but certainly contemporary in Thus even today ? s modern Indian women can identify themselves with Rosie In fact her journey towards self establishment somehow forecasts the evolution of women's role in the Indian society Rosie in this aspect stands as a quintessential Indian woman Key Words Art Culture Hegemony Identity Revolution Womanhood The title of Narayan's ?rst novel The Guide shows that the protagonist is certainly Raju the famous guide of Malgudi Yet the covers of most of the published manuscripts of The Guide have the portrait of a sari clad BharatNatyam dancer undoubtedly Rosie This small yet signi ?cant fact helps one to understand the impact of the character upon the minds of the readers And the impression keeps on reverberating due to the complexity of Rosie's character I couldn't understand her Narayan - says Raju about Rosie in his narration to Velan The readers of the novel too feel alike She challenges the Hindu orthodox stereotype of how a woman should be and yet a part of her complex nature is intensely orthodox In her we can see a woman trying desperately to free herself from the pigeonhole at the same time allowing the doors of patriarchy to enclose her Signi ?cantly Rosie enters Malgudi through Railways which brings the touch of modernity with it to the traditional and homogenous culture of Malgudi The exotic nature of her westernized name also shows her social hybridity Raju use to wonder - Why did she call herself Rosie She did not come from a foreign land She was just an Indian who should have done well with Devi Meena Lalitha or any of the thousand names we have in our country Narayan But her name is only a starting point of her unorthodox life She traditionally belongs to a Devdasi family who are dedicated to the temples as dancers They are viewed in the society as of low class women Yet she acquires a University degree M A in Economics which is not only unconventional but almost revolutionary In fact Rosie reads ancient works on dancing such as Bharat Muni's Natya Shastra and even employs a pundit to