Attempt a critical analysis of the story ‘A Mother in India.’

Pat Barn in Memsahibs- laments that unfortunately “Kipling did not broaden his canvas to include as much diversity of character among them as he developed in his male characters, because it is his stereotyped and superficial version of the Anglo-Indian woman that has remained current ever since as being truly representative of the whole species” (1978). Such a picture of the memsahib is biased as it ignores all the positive qualities of her character. To set the record straight, Maud Diver pointed out that India’s heroines and martyrs far outnumber her social sinners.

The Anglo-Indian women writers had a distinct female role to play. There was one cause for which all of them campaigned unitedly – it was the women’s cause. They staunchly defended the memsahibs and tried to generate some compassion for their plight and understanding of their role. This became the theme of the female discourse.

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