Novel has been one of the prime genres of literary expression, a torchbearer, in the realm of women's emancipation. Modern Indian Fiction in prose, a gift of the British/European-Indian contact, right from its early days, has focused on the nobility, sacrifice, interior landscape and struggle and multi-personality dynamics of Indian Women. Early Tamil and Bengali novels, for example, abound in themes that relate to the plight of women and their struggle to seek due recognition and rightful place in family and society.