CONTEXTUALISING ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE AND STRUGGLING WOMAN IN KAVERY NAMBISAN'S THE HILLS OF ANGHERI

Abstract This paper analyses the themes of ecofeminism as they interconnect particularly to the women in Kavery Nambisan’s The Hills of Angheri. The female characters in the novel understand that non-human life, including that of plants and animals, converges with human life in real and meaningful ways. It also examines how this novel’s structuring principles and thematic fixations mesh in light of Nambisan’s political strategy of pursuing public appeal and growing awareness of her selected topics, in this case to emphasize environmental interdependence. Her characters, who are influenced by their unique setting, are exposed to sustainability through their connections with other places and cultures, and as the novel progresses, their stories develop philosophically as well as structurally. The difference in women characters interaction with non-humans reveals a way for Nambisan’s readers to transform and reconsider their concerns towards non-human others because the women are more kind and compassionately presented in the novel