Shobhan Bantwal is an outstanding South Asian Woman Novelist. Her passion is to write about women’s suffering and Indian/Hindu culture. Her stories are romantic, delightful and action packed with rich hints of Indian culture. She speaks about the dowry, female foeticide, bride viewing, arranged marriage, widow re-marriage, communalism, etc. The author overhauls the banned practice of gender selective abortion in The Forbidden Daughter. In India, discussing the gender of a foetus is banned by law, though doctors and patients continue to do so. The protagonist is oppressed to give birth to a second daughter. She tries hard to save her two daughters and finally succeeds in it. Keywords: South Asian Woman Novelist, oppression, female foeticide, kidnap, etc.