Gender Perspectives in Ambai's Short Stories,'The Forest 'and' Gifts

Abstract

Introduction of the Writer: Ambai is a Feminist researcher focussing  on women’s issues through her works. C.S.Lakshmi wrote her fictional literary works like novels and short stories under the pseudonym Ambai. She wrote her non-fiction, articles and published research papers as C.S.Lakshmi.She published her first literary work, a novel ,’Andhi maalai' in 1966.Her short story ‘Siragugal Muriyum' published in 1967 received a good response. The kitchen in the corner of the house, A Purple Sea, In the Forest, a Deer, are her popular works. Her short stories are characterized by her passionate writing on gender issues suffused with satire, humour, love for nature and need for ecological balance.In 2021, She won the Sahitya Academy Award for her collection of short    stories‘ A  Red-necked Green Bird’.