Women under Patriarchy: A Study on Suffering and Realization in Kamala Markandaya's Possession is an attempt to analyze Markandaya's novel Possession in the light of the suffering and predicament of individuals in a patriarchal society. It also reveals the author's great fascination for the traditional Indian values. The novel depicts an allegory of human suffering. It is the story of Valmiki, the painter, and Caroline, the English Tourist. Markandaya suggests that India has to draw sustenance from life-giving springs of its own culture. In Possession a woman is the central character but she...