A Feminist Study of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Mistress of Spices

Divakaruni’s second novel The Mistress of Spices is a demonstration in magical realism of Hindu mythological and superstitions belief with the existing American social issues including, immigrant assimilation, spiritual emptiness among the rich Indians, teenage rebellion, forbidden inter-racial romances, abusive and broken marriage. This novel which is allegorical in natural, tries to dissolve the boundaries of prose and poetry. It is a supernatural story that deals with the magical powers of an ageless mystical woman Tilotamma. This article focuses on feminist study of Chtra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spice