That long silnece of shashi deshpande present the story of jaya and manohar who live together as husbund and wife inspite of their disperate attitude towards some of fundamental issues of life
It is the view of the novelist that women generally bear tyranny of men silently in indian middel class families and any of them come to suffer from some ailment they are callously neglected and left to die unsung jaya is an example of woman who have no choise but submit to be led by their husbund like sita and dropadi of yester year in forest and jungle
so like that type of novel is this and it gives best msg for indian family that husbund and wife can live together inspite of their desperate attitude