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'''''Roots and Shadows''''' is an English-language Indian novel, written by [[Shashi Deshpande]] in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256533707|title=Roots and Shadows: Shashi Deshpande's Moral Prescription for a Reformed World of Relationships as the Basis of the Indian TraditionaI Dream of Vasudpiva Kutumbakam|last=Mishro|first=Krushna Chandra}}</ref> <br />
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The novel focuses on Indu's interactions with others in her large family and the manner in which this helps to resolve their future and her own personal crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Award-winning-author-Shashi-Deshpande-resigns-in-protest/articleshow/49286139.cms|title=Deshpande's Rebellion|last=Fernandes|first=Joeanna Rebello|date=9 October 2015|website=The Times of India|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Characters ==<br />
=== First generation ===<br />
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*Akka – The female matriarch of the family<br />
*Indu's grandfather<br />
*Old Uncle - Indu's grandfather's cousin<br />
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=== Second generation ===<br />
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*Narmada Atya - Indu's aunt<br />
*Anant Kaka - Indu's uncle<br />
*Govind - Indu's father<br />
*Madhav Kaka and Sumitra Kaki - Indu's aunt and uncle<br />
*Vinay Kaka and Kamala Kaki - Indu's aunt and uncle<br />
*Sunanda Atya and Vasant Kaka - Indu's aunt and uncle<br />
*Saroja - Naren's mother<br />
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=== Third generation ===<br />
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*Indu - Govind's daughter and the main protagonist<br />
*Naren - Saroja's son and Indu's illicit partner<br />
*Jayant - Indu's husband<br />
*Hemant - Anant kaka and kaki's children<br />
*Sumant - Anant kaka and kaki's children<br />
*Padmini - Anant kaka and kaki's children<br />
*Sharad -Anant kaka and kaki's children<br />
*Sunil - Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children<br />
*Lata - Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children<br />
*Geeta -Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children<br />
*Vithal - the adopted Brahmin boy<br />
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=== Fourth generation ===<br />
* Vishwas - Hemant's children<br />
* Sanju - Hemant's children<br />
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== Themes ==<br />
* Marriage<br />
* Joint-family system<br />
* Infidelity<br />
* Class and caste relations<br />
* Feminism<br />
* Modernism<br />
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== Analysis and criticism ==<br />
The work has been widely analysed and criticized for its [[Feminism|feminist]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ojs/index.php/JLCMS/article/download/32/30|title=Feminism in Shashi Deshpande's Roots and Shadows|last=Prasad|first=N K|date=2010|website=INFLIBNET}}</ref> orientation. It has been a source for many thesis and papers on the role of women in society of today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anubooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Notions-2014-No2-4.pdf|title=Identity motif's in Shashi Deshpande's Roots and Shadows|last=Ashok|first=K. Kumar|date=2014}}</ref> The work is widely appreciated for bringing out the joint family system in Indian society.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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