A CRUSADE CONQUERED THROUGH ENDURANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO SHASHI DESHPANDE’S ROOTS AND SHADOWS AND SIVASANKARI’S PALANGAL (Pages 38-48) by P. K. Gomathi* and Dr. N. P. Kalaivani** in THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST / ISSN: 2350-1499 (Online); 2350-0751 (Print)

Comparative Literature offers a scope for the literary scholars to sketch the transformations in the personality of Man in a society, his individuality and nature and entrusts a fabulous chance for an expedition through all literary genres and texts. It is easy for Comparative scholars to trace the life style of people, their desires and needs, the problem that limit their extent, the demands from society on an individual, his economical status and the rights given for women in general and girl children in particular. It can be a celebrated voyage towards a better understanding of Man and Woman with their flaw who fall in the trap of societal clutches and how they are confined by its tradition and customs that are practiced with or without a motive. During the course of such study it is quite fascinating to note the nature of man which remains the same irrespective of their environment and socio-cultural background in all ages. Women writers in India depict their comrades’ experience in the society as a girl child, wife, mother and grandmother in a family. Their key motto is to make the readers to comprehend the existing Sociological bias in a patriarchal society. Shashi Deshpande and Sivasankari are two such contemporary writers writing in English and Tamil respectively whose themes focus on the role of women in the tradition bound Indian society and their struggle for existence .This paper aims to discuss how all the problems are faced with ease and tackled with endurance when maturity creeps in women as they cross their adolescence to sustain their family and children. They pretend to lose their self-identity but emerge as influential voices by being role models for their budding comrades of forthcoming generations. Key Words: societal clutches, tradition and customs, tradition bound Indian society, patriarchal society etc.