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  • Essay / Gender Discrimination in “Wheel of Surya” by Jamila Gavin

    The Wheel of Surya, by Jamila Gavin examines and presents a variety of different forms of discrimination in the novel. She explores this in different ways by comparing the differences between India and England while many types of discrimination exist, such as racism, sexism and a lot of disrespect towards culture, gender, religion and religion. tradition. Gavin also highlights the fact that in the 1900s (when the partition of India took place), Indian culture was not generally accepted in England, which increased criticism and discrimination against unfamiliar religions. How Gavin uses discrimination effectively in the novel will be shown and discussed in this essay. In the first part of the novel, many discriminations are used against gender; At the time, women had a lower status than men and had to earn respect by eventually having a son. This is shown in the first part when Jhoti was pregnant and Govind said he would be home in time for the delivery. However, when he was informed that the baby was a girl, he did not hurry and saw his daughter – Marvinder only two months later. ...