Author(s): Subha Ranjitha R and Dr. Anita Virgin

Abstract: Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) is regarded as one of the first women authors in English. Her two novels, Kamala: A Story of Hindu Life [1894] and Saguna: A Story of Native Christian Life [1895] are remarkable for their construction of Indian female heroines caught between different cultures (Indian and English, Hindu and Christian, Traditional and Modern). I would like to work on her novel Saguna: A Story of Christian Life, which is a poignant tale of a woman named Saguna, who faces all the struggles in the 19th century during British rule over India. It is a story about a woman who received education in India during British rule as an Indian woman. She also faced all the tough situations around her caused by the male-dominated society in India. Even though this story is an autobiographical novel of Krupabai’s own life history portrayed as Saguna, Krupabai explores her female identity through this novel by expressing her own story of education and writing about ancient violence against women. She was the first woman author to pioneer Indian woman’s Feminist writing in English until the end of her life, with her second and last novel, “Saguna”, published in 1895.

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