Thus, Deshpande works makes an exceptional input to the Indian literature in English.
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1. Margins of Erasure: Purdha in the Subcontinental Novel in English, Deshpande Shashi, P-70
2. Writing from the Margin & other Essays: Purdha in the Subcontinental Novel in English. Deshpande Shashi P.32. 2005 Viking New Delhi.
3. Writing from the Margin & other Essays: Purdha in the Subcontinental Novel in English, Deshpande Shashi P.32-38. 2005 Viking New Delhi
4. Deshpande Shashi – An interview with Prasanna Shree XIII-XIV
5. Vanamala Vishwanath Interview with “Shashi Deshapande”, Ed R.S.Pathak; The fiction of Shashi Deshapande, 1998, P.237
6. Kirpal Vinay, The Post Modern Indian English novel: Interrogating the 1980’s and 1990’s Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1996, p-148.
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